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18 Cards in this Set
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What is abnormal behavior? |
Bizzare behavior Dangerous behavior Shameful behavior |
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Reasons why abnormal behavior is so difficult to define: |
No single descriptive feature is shared by a forms of abnormal behavior No one criterion for "abnormality" is sufficient |
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Three proposed definitions of abnormal behavior: |
Statistical infrequency or violation of social norms The experience of subjective distress Disability, dysfunction, and impairment |
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When a person's behavior becomes patently deviant, outrageous, or otherwise nonconforming. |
Abnormal |
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Is conceptualized as a clinically significant behavioral or psychological syndrome or pattern that occurs in an individual and that is associated with present distress. |
Mental Illness |
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A cluster of abnormal behaviors |
Syndrome |
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Is essential to iur survival because it allows us to make important distinctions. |
Categorization |
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4 major advantages of diagnosis |
Communication Enables and promotes empirical research in psychopathology Research in the etiology of abnormal behaviors would be almost impossible to conduct without a standardized diagnostic system They may suggest which mode of treatment is most likely to be effective |
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Classifications of DSM |
1952 DSM I 1968 DSM II 1980 DSM III 1987 DSM III-R 1994 DSM IV 1994 DC 0-3: Diagnostic Classification System 2000 DSM IV-TR 2005 DSM V 2005 DC 0-3R |
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The most widely used classification system in the present |
DSM IV-TR |
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Is generally regarded as the father of modern systems of psychiatric diagnosis and classification |
Emil Kraepelin |
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Three stage empirical process in the DSM IV-TR |
150 comprehensive reviews on the literature on the important diagnostic issues were conducted 40 major reanalyses of existing datas were completed 12 DSM-IV field trials were conducted |
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Clients or patients are evaluated among five axes, or domains of information. |
Multiaxial Assessment |
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General issues on classification |
Categories vs dimensions Bases of categorization Pragmatics of classification Description Reliability Valididy Bias Coverage |
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Five stage process in establishing the diagnostic validity: |
Clinical description Laboratory studies Delimitation from other disorders Follow up studies Family studies |
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Refers to a vulnerability or predisposition to possibly develop the disorder in question. |
Diathesis |
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The combination of the predisposition and stress may produce psychological problems. |
Diathesis-Stress Model |
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Types of stress: |
Environmental Biological Interpersonal Psychological |
