Module 6 compiled Flashcards
Ultimate purpose of classification of mental disorders
Improve treatment and prevention efforts
Four Domains of Practice Affected by Classification
Standard Frame of Reference
Diagnostic Standards and Instruments for Research
Teaching of Psychiatry
Communication of users of services
One of the Three Principal Functions Of Medical Classification which involves assigning a common name to a group of phenomena
Denomination
One of the Three Principal Functions Of Medical Classification which involves enriching category information with relevant descriptive features
Qualification (Demographics, Epidemiology, Prognosis)
One of the Three Principal Functions Of Medical Classification which involves the expected outcome and response to treatment
Prediction
Symptoms, pathology, pathophysiology, etiology are known; conjunction of etiology and pathology
Disease
Exact etiology and mechanism not known; Conjunction of syndrome with clinical course
Disorder
A set of signs and symptoms that occur at greater than chance frequency
Syndrome
Caveat of present classification where there is ambiguity of concretism
Reification Fallacy
In every disorder in Psychiatry, there must be a biological basis
Biological Basis of Classification
Disease is defined without having to attribute them to a theory
Atheoretical Classification
A kind of validity in classification where symptoms chosen as a criteria are consistently associated with the disorder
Construct Validity
A kind of validity in classification which includes the extent to which a diagnosis is able to predict the course of disorder and the likely treatments
Predictive Validity
A kind of validity in classification which includes the extent to which a diagnosis reflect what experts in a field think
Content Validity
It is a degree to which a measurement is consistent
Reliability
The two widely used classifications in Psychiatry at present
International Classification of Diseases (ICD) 10th Ed.
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) 5th Ed.
Classification produced by the global health agency of UN; covers all health conditions; global, multidisciplinary, multilingual development; approved by the World Health Assembly
ICD
Classification produced by national professional association and covers only mental disorders; for (US) psychiatrists; dominated by US, Anglophone perspective; approved by APA assembly
DSM
ICD edition with first separate section in on Mental Disorders
ICD 6
T or F: One limitation of ICD is that there is no explicit agreement of mental disorder
True
T or F: In international use of ICD, there no need for universalism and diversity
False (there is a need instead)
Diagnosis made in a condition meeting symptomatic requirements of simple schizophrenia but the duration is less than 1 month and can be reclassified as schizophrenia if symptoms persists longer
Acute schizophrenia-like psychotic disorder
T or F: Loss interest in work, social activities, and personal appearance and hygiene together with generalized anxiety and mild degrees of depression and preoccupation are in the prodromal phase of schizophrenia that preceded the onset of psychotic symptoms by weeks or even months.
True
Schizophrenia should be diagnosed in the presence of overt brain disease or during states of drug intoxication or withdrawal.
False (should not be)