Psych Health Reading 2

Question 1

pathological

Answer 1

being such to a degree that is extreme or markedly abnormal

Question 2

criticisms of dsm5 - democratizing key decisions

Answer 2

concerns that key decisions being made behind closed doors
led to
democratizing processes of diagnostic innovation i.e. uploading draft criteria for new manual to website

Question 3

medicalisation of normality

Answer 3

bodily and psychological experiences come to be situated within mechanisms + and understood through a medical framework

Question 4

criticisms of dsm5 - medicalizing society

Answer 4

• range of new categories proposed –> doubts of validity multiplied
• could cause ‘false positive epidemics of disorders’ through inappropriate usage of new diagnostic entities

Question 5

criticisms of dsm5 - incorporation of Asperger’s Syndrome within Autism Spectrum Disorder

Answer 5

• implications for longitudinal research
• effects of change on advocacy, support and services

Question 6

criticisms of dsm5 - role of grief within MDD

Answer 6

• bereavement exclusion aimed at parsing out depression following grief
• advised that MDD not be diagnosed in individuals within 2 months of death of loved one –> dsm5 task force removed this –> bereavement not an excluding factor - potentially a precipitating factor
• hostile response –> idea that grief could be potentially classed as mental disorder

Question 7

engine of diagnosis

Answer 7

role of drugs for mental health conditions
pharmaceutical industry = power changes to APA nosology and become embroiled in medicalisation to support pharmaceuticalisation

Question 8

pharmaceuticalisation

Answer 8

tendency to reframe pathologies as amenable to pharmaceutical intervention