What is the classification of a mental disorder?
The process of organising symptoms into categories based on which symptoms into categories based on which symptoms cluster together in sufferers.
What is reliability in diagnosis?
Level of agreement on the diagnosis by different psychiatrists across time and cultures; stability of diagnosis over time given no change in symptoms.
How reliable is the DSM-5?
You need to have an agreement score of 0.7 or above to be seen as a reliable diagnostic tool. However, Reiger et al found that the current DSM-5 fields and diagnosis has a score of 0.46
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Buckley (2009) OCD = 23% Depression = 50% Substance abuse = 47% PTSD = 29%