Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

Currently, mental issues lead to various concerns among individuals, which impact their daily life and bring tremendous negative outcomes to them. As of today, various types of mental disorders are listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-V (DSM-V). Among all these disorders, personality disorder is one of the main types of disorder that impact individuals, and more specifically, the antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) is one of the common personality disorders in…

The Eating Disorder Inventory - 3 (EDI-3) is a standardized, self-report measurement tool that consists of three eating-disorder-specific scales and nine general psychological scales that relate to, but are not specific to, eating disorders (Garner, 2004). The original Eating Disorder Inventory was published in 1983 and has since been revised twice. The EDI-3 is the third revision and is composed of 91 items that are organized into 12 primary scales and 6 composites. The purpose of the EDI-3…

Mental disorders have being existed for hundreds of years, recognizing the different characteristics in many of these disorders take a collaboration of study and therapy. In order to understand the mental state of a person with a mental disorder it takes many different types of techniques o give the appropriate diagnose. Some mental disorders has many similar patterns and characteristically that can be misdiagnose is not treated properly. Asperger disorder is indeed one of the mental disorders…

as the first century AD, the classification of bipolar disorder was first seen in the 1952 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and was referred to as “manic depressive disorder.” It wasn’t until the third edition was published in 1980 that the manual approached mental illness with a biomedical etiology rather than a psychodynamic one, and that the name of the illness was changed to bipolar disorder (Healy, 2010). This mental illness has since been depicted in only a handful of…

diagnose, and classify psychological disorders? Validity is an important topic for the development of modern psychiatry. It is used to examine truth or falsity of scientific propositions. Diagnosis is important to everything that is done in the medicine field. It is critical for applying effective and appropriate treatment for any disorder. It also allows clinicians and scientists to have communication in regards to diseases. Before the systems of diagnostic classification were organized, the…

Personality disorders have a growing range in the population nowadays. Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is one of these mental disorders that has been causing healthy, social, and personal issues inside the human population. At the same time is also a personality disorder that has caused a lot of myths or rumors because the difficulties to make a diagnostic long time ago, so people have a tendency to believe in this absurd rumors. Now back in the future we have special criteria and…

Introduction For years, eating disorders have effected the self-esteems and lives of many, many people. Eating disorders impact males and females, people of all ages and ethnicities. In fact, the majority of the population will be affected by an eating disorder at some point in their lifetime. Until three years ago, there were only two eating disorders in the Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. After great effort and the completion of much…

The Diagnostic process in mental health In the extract given titled ‘The Introduction of the DSM-5 by the APA’ the opinion is given that the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) 5 lacks validity due to it not being based on any objective laboratory measure. The extract also tells of a shift away from the idea that all mental disorders are linked in some way to biological factors – the psychobiological link being the basis to the DSM-5’s most recent definition of mental…

Crazy Like Us by Ethan Watters hits on the point that the globalization of the DSM and Western symptoms and diagnosis’s of mental illnesses has contributed to the elimination of cultural diversity in almost everything from McDonalds to mental health issues, as seen in the chapters The Rise of Anorexia in Hong Kong and The Mega-Marketing of Depression in Japan. Watters tells of his personal exploration and research into this elimination of cultural diversity. Dr. Sing Lee was the first to…

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), is a disorder for people that have endured traumatic experiences is the past which has cause them to develop a multitude of symptoms. Some of which include anger, depression, hard time sleeping, always feeling on guard, startled when someone surprises you, feelings of shame, despair, hopelessness, difficulty controlling emotions, and sometimes impulsive behavior which could lead to suicide. Suicide is common in people with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder,…