DSM 4

Question 1

How does DSM 4 divide Mental Disorders?

Answer 1

DSM-IV divides mental disorders into types based on criteria sets with defining features.

Question 2

Does DSM 4 assume that each category of Mental Disorder is descrete?

Answer 2

In DSM-IV, there is no assumption that each category of mental disorder is a completely discrete entity with absolute boundaries dividing it from other mental disorders or from no mental disorder.

Question 3

… or DSM-IV?

Answer 3

the fourth edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM-IV.

Question 4

ICD مخفف چه کلماتی است؟

Answer 4

the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)

Question 5

What is the priority of DSM four?

Answer 5

Its priority has been to provide a helpful guide to clinical practice.

Question 6

Which majors do use DSM-IV?

Answer 6

DSM-IV is used by clinicians and researchers of many different orientations (e.g., biological,
psychodynamic, cognitive, behavioral, interpersonal, family/systems).
It is used by
psychiatrists, other physicians, psychologists, social workers, nurses, occupational and
rehabilitation therapists, counselors, and other health and mental health professionals

Question 7

(WHO) مخفف چه کلماتی است؟

Answer 7

the World Health Organization

Question 8

How did DSM-I formed?

Answer 8

The American Psychiatric Association Committee on Nomenclature and Statistics developed a variant of the ICD-6 that was published in 1952 as the first edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual: Mental Disorders(DSM-I).

Question 9

ٌWhat did DSM-I contain?

Answer 9

DSM-I contained a glossary
of descriptions of the diagnostic categories and was the first official manual of mental
disorders to focus on clinical utility.

Question 10

What did the term of reaction in DSM-I reflect?

Answer 10

The use of the term reaction throughout DSM-I reflected the influence of Adolf Meyer’s psychobiological view that mental disorders represented reactions of the personality to psychological, social, and biological factors.

Question 11

What was the difference between DSM-I and DSM-II ?

Answer 11

DSM-II was similar to DSM-I but eliminated the term reaction.

Question 12

Which year was the (ninth) version of ICD, published?

Answer 12

the development of the (ninth) version of ICD, which was published in 1975 and implemented in 1978.

Question 12

the development of DSM-III was coordinated with?

Answer 12

the development of DSM-III was coordinated with the development of the next (ninth) version of ICD,

Question 13

When did work begin on DSM-III?

Answer 13

Work began on DSM-III in 1974, with publication in 1980.

Question 15

What did the DSM-III introduced?

Answer 15

DSM-III introduced a number of important methodological innovations, including explicit diagnostic criteria, a multiaxial system, and a descriptive approach that attempted to be neutral with respect to theories of etiology.

Question 16

Why ICD-9 did not include diagnostic criteria or a multiaxial system largely?

Answer 16

ICD-9 did not include diagnostic criteria or a multiaxial system largely because the primary function of this international system was to delineate categories to facilitate the collection of basic health statistics.

Question 17

Why the American Psychiatric Association appointed a Work Group to Revise DSM-III?

Answer 17

Experience with DSM-III revealed a number of inconsistencies in the system and a number of instances in which the criteria were not entirely clear.

Question 18

Which year did the DSM-III-R develop?

Answer 18

in 1987.

Question 19

What did the third edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of ‘Mental Disorders (DSM-III) represent?

Answer 19

It represented a major advance in the diagnosis of mental disorders and greatly facilitated
empirical research.

Question 20

What have done on DSM-IV?

Answer 20

1) comprehensive and systematic reviews of the published literature, 2) reanalyses of already-collected data sets,
and 3) extensive issue-focused field trials.

Question 21

What was the goal of DSM-IV?

Answer 21

The goal of the DSM-IV literature reviews was to provide comprehensive and unbiased information and to ensure that DSM-IV reflects the best available clinical and research literature.