Chapter 3 Flashcards
What is the DSM 5
A professional manual to DEFINE diagnosis
When was the DSM 5 released
2013
What does the DSM 5 do
GROUP mental disorders using defined DIAGNOSTIC criteria
Why is the DSM 5 atherortical
Only SYMPTOMOLGY not the ROOT cause
What is the issue with the idea of culture-bound syndromes
Why is it culture bound and everything else is UNIVERSAL
What is kuru
A psychosis and dementia indigenous to cannibalistiv tribes in New Guinea
What is hwa-byun
Korean folk syndrome from suppression of anger
What is Taijin-kyofu-sho
Fear of effending others
What two things would make the DSM work
Reliablity and validity
What makes it reliable
Is it consicten
What makes it calidity
Does it measure what it claims to measure
Does the DSM have good validity with modd disorders
Yes
Does the DSM have good balidity with personality disorders
No
What creates good validity
Good assessment and right criteriaQ
What are the advantages to the DSM
FRAMEWORK, common VOCAB, help formulate DIAGNOSES
What are the disadvantages of the DSM
Medical MODEL, variable INTERPRETATION, there are no BOUNDRIES in most disorders, STIGMA, cultural and political INFLUENCES, SELF-FULFULLING PROPHECY (giving someone an excuse for bad behavior)
What do methods of assessment need to be
RELIABLE and VAILD
What does reliablity invovle
internal CONSISTENCY (similar questions), tempral STABLILTY (time), interrater RELIABLILITY (same for each psychologists
What are some methods of assessment
Clinical interview, projective tests and obective tests
How can clinical interviews be strctures
STRUCTED, SEMI-STRUCTURED, UNSTRUCTURES
What information does a clinical interview get
Basic data, description of PROBLEM, HISTORY
What about computerized interviews
CHEAPER, BIG groups, HONEST answers, can’t see REACTIONS
What are profective tests
Pt will project UNCONSCIOUS conflicts onto AMBIGUOUS stimulus
What are objective tests
Self-reported