Introduction to clinical psychology

Question 1

What are the four Ds help determine?

Answer 1

We are mental health issue can be considered a mental health disorder

Question 2

Deviance

Answer 2

Unusual, undesirable, and bizarre behaviours
How are you to conform to statistical and social norms

Question 3

Dysfunction

Answer 3

Symptoms that distract confuse or interfere with ability to carry out responsibilities
WHODAS II questionnaire - find a persons understanding of what’s going on around them, communication and deterioration and self-care

Question 4

Distress

Answer 4

Symptoms cause, emotional pain, anxiety
Sometimes physical, aches and pains, tiredness
Can be normal in certain situations
Quantitated data collected using Kesssler psychological distress scale (k10), self-report in past four weeks

Question 5

Danger

Answer 5

Callous, hostile or hazardous behaviour, jeopardising safety of the person and or others
Can be detained under mental health act of professionals agree, they’re in danger or dangering in others

Question 6

Clinical psychology definition?

Answer 6

Concerned with abnormal behaviour seeks to define makes behaviour abnormal than diagnose so problem can be treated

Question 7

Strength

Answer 7

Using all 4Ds helps avoid erroneous diagnosis
More factors considered than just deviance from statistical or social norms
Avoid eccentric, Bahamas people being labelled, mentally ill

Question 8

Counterargument

Answer 8

No hard rules on how to combine Ds
Some may not require diagnosis

Question 9

Weakness

Answer 9

Lacks objectivity - is various methods increase objectivity than likely
Find nearest using clinicians view
Creates labels - can lead to person with mental disorder being seen as dangerous i.e. Schizophrenics.
Fazer et al (2009) creates stereotypes

Question 10

Application

Answer 10

4ds effectively applied to diagnosis of mental disorders