Reliability

Question 1

Inter rater reliability

Answer 1

Degree to which two independent observers agree on what they observed

Question 2

Test retest

Answer 2

Extent to which same results are observed in second test

Question 3

Alternate form reliability

Answer 3

Extent to which scores on the two forms of the test are consistent

Question 4

Internal consistancy

Answer 4

Assesses whether the items are related to one another

Question 5

Features of DSM that inhance cutlural vatiations

Answer 5

1. Culture related issues are discussed in the text for almost all disorder
2. Cultural formulation interviews are integrated for clinicians
3. Appendix describing syndromes that may appear in particular cultures. Nine cultural concepts of distress

Question 6

Criticism on DSM

Answer 6

Too many diagnoses; high comorbidity as some disorders have minute differences between symptoms
Categorical classification vs dimentional; forces clinicians to work within threshold and simensional would allow for degree of a symptom
Reliability of dsm in practice is low as clinicians have to include own judgement
Validity of categories

Question 7

General criticism

Answer 7

Life could sinificantly change by receiving diagnosis and stigma
Some labels can be seen as less negative than overview of symptoms, but we might lose sight of uniqueness of person
Worry of someone recognizing your disorder, fear of onset of another episode