diagnosis issues Flashcards
what did cooper find
diagnosis is twice as likely in America (DCM) than in England (ICD)
what improvements have been made to the diagnosis systems
they have been updated to be more in line with one another in recent years
what did beck find
there was a 54% agreement of diagnosis between 153 patients
what did rosenhan find about agreement
7/8 agreement when pseudo patients recalled having the same symptoms
what did rosenhan find about testing
It is inaccurate because those who claimed to be hearing voices were wrongly diagnosed
what did scheff find
diagnosis lead to conformity of the label
what did rosenhan find about labelling
Behaviours such as queuing were labelled as schizophrenic when patients could have just been hungry
What did keith find about classes
1.9% diagnosis in lower classes compared to 0.4% in upper classes
What did keith find about ethnicity
2% african compared to 1.4% white americans
what are the diagnostic issues
two systems (DSM/ ICD)
inter-rater issues
validity (rosenhan- same/ insane)
lack of objective testing (self reports)
comorbidity (ie- depression)
labelling (stigma)
bias (social class, ethnic)
