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What classifies being ‘abnormal behaviour’? |
Being too far on each end of emotional/behavioural scale
- depressed sadness - manic levels of esteem |
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What is the DSM def of mental D/o? |
Clinically significant disturbance in individual cognition/emotion/behaviour usually associated with significant impairment in social/work activity |
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What is the DSM’s classification of non mental d/o? |
Expectable cultural approves response to common stressor/loss I.e loss of loved one and grief |
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Why are the limitations of forming a diagnoses? |
Lead to bias/restrictive thinking Inhibit research via Rdoc perspective of understanding d/o on spectrum Can be stigmatising |
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Cases supporting diagnoses? |
Facilitation of Communication Facilitation of care Info management I.e measure/Pay for care Give access to specific services |
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What are the 4 terms for describing psychopathology? |
Signs Symptoms Syndrome Disorder |
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Difference between d/o and disease? |
Disease - indications of abnormal physiological/psychological processes/structures I.e Parkinson’s Disorder - disruption of systematic functioning due to stressors, disturbance in behaviour/emotion |
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2 main models of classification? |
Categorical Dimensional |
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Benefits of categorical diagnosis? |
Better clinical/ administrative utility Easier comms |
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Benefits of dimensional diagnosis? |
Informative due to close monitoring of boundaries between disorders Greater capacity to detect change Develop treatment relative symptom targets - partient becomes less depressed therefore treatment altered |
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Main gripe of dimensional diagnoses? |
Hard to work with in clinical context due to low replication of results |
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How can cognition indicate d/o? |
Due to thought influencing behaviour - we can target thought enhancement to change emotion/behaviour |
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What is the term that corresponds to the def - vulnerability, often in terms of personality |
Diathesis |
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What is the model for classification that encompasses all facets of human experience? |
Biopsychosical model |
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Define the RDOC |
Developed as framework for research - diagnostic approach based on bio/behaviour/context There are ‘domains’ where patients d/o fall on a spectrum |
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Name 5 models for diagnosis? |
Clinical staging HiTop Rdoc CBT DSM/ICD Trans diagnostic |
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Main focus of clinical staging model? |
Preventative focus Aims to prevent progression to later stage if total prevention not possible |
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Features of the HiTop diagnoses model ? |
Aims to group psychopathology broadly through top down process to filter patients through symptom charts to inform of d/o |
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Which diagnostic model Aims at satisfying criteria for diagnoses? |
DSM |
