Factors Influencing Diagnosis

Question 1

Jahoda (1958)

Answer 1

ideal mental health criteria

Question 2

Rosenhan & Seligman (1989)

Answer 2

seven features of abnormality

Question 3

Johnstone (2018)

Answer 3

PTMF - alternative to diagnosis

Question 4

Langwieler & Linden (1993)

Answer 4

pseudo-patients had clinical interviews with four clinicians of different backgrounds. gave similar information, received four different diagnoses & treatments.

Question 5

Kleinman (1982)

Answer 5

chinese patients expressed depression symptoms (& others) mainly through somatic symptoms.

Question 6

Payne (2012)

Answer 6

clinician shown 4 vidoes, 2x depressed man, 2x African-American culturally expressed symptoms of depression, cultural expression rather than race creates bias.

Question 7

Beck et al (1962)

Answer 7

DMS-I - agreement on diagnosis between clinician 54%

Question 8

Kendall (1974)

Answer 8

DMS-I and II - test-retest, schizophrenia more often rediagnosed as depression than other way around.

Question 9

Di Nardo et al (1993)

Answer 9

DSM-III - excellent inter-rater reliability for phobias & OCD, low for GAD

Question 10

Williams et al (1992)

Answer 10

DSM-III & SCID - test-retest, reliability coefficients for different disorders vary even within same diagnostic manual.

Question 11

Chmielewski et al (2015)

Answer 11

DSM-III to 5 - reviewed past study + own, reliability for audio-visual recordings almost perfect, test-retest moderate.

Question 12

Regier et al (2013)

Answer 12

DSM-5 - test-retest, reliability of MDD weak, PTSD very strong, mixed anxiety-depressive minimal

Question 13

Rosenhan (1973)

Answer 13

field study to see if psychiatrists can tell between sane & insane. pseudo-patients “heard a voice” initially but no other symptoms, all but one admitted with schizophrenia.