validity A01

Question 1

define validity

Answer 1

to the extent that a diagnosis represents something real.

Question 2

define gender bias

Answer 2

research that may not accurately represent the characteristics of one gender to another.

Question 3

when does gender bias occur in diagnosing sz ?

Answer 3

it is said to occur when accuracy of diagnosis is dependent on the gender of an individual.

Question 4

in what ways can the accuracy of diagnosis vary?

Answer 4

through a gender biased diagnostic criteria or clinicians basing their diagnosis on stereotypical beliefs held about gender

Question 5

give a critique on the DSM regarding gender bias

Answer 5

some diagnostic categories in the DSM are biased towards pathologising one gender rather than the other.

Question 6

what did Broverman find?

Answer 6

clinicians in the US equate healthy ‘adult’ behaviour to ‘healthy’ male behaviour- excluding women.

Question 7

define symptom overlap

Answer 7

symptoms of one disorder may be apparent in other disorders, making diagnosis difficult

Question 8

what did Ellason and Ross find?

Answer 8

that people diagnosed with DID have more schizophrenic symptoms than someone actually diagnosed with schizophrenia

Question 9

define co-morbidity

Answer 9

2 or more conditions co-occuring in a patient.

Question 10

give an example of co-morbidity

Answer 10

depression and schizophrenia in a patient

Question 11

what does Buckley estimate?

Answer 11

that co-morbid depression occurs in 50% of patients and 47% of co-morbid substance abuse.