Categorising mental disorders
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- Created on: 20-03-21 00:47
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- Categorising mental disorders
- What is the purpose?
- to identify groups/patterns of behaviour/symptoms that reliably occur to form a 'type' of disorder
- How is 'classification'made?
- physiological tests e.g. MRI
- psychological tests e.g. depression scales
- behavioural observations
- clinical interviews
- Strengths of classification
- prognosis-prediction about future course of disorder
- aids planning and provides awareness
- allows us to know if and what treatments are required
- allows researchers to investigate causes
- ease of communication between professionals
- may provide discomfort
- diminishes responsibility
- removes blame where it should not be assigned
- prognosis-prediction about future course of disorder
- Weaknesses of classification
- labelling 'stickiness of labels'
- all behaviour could get interpreted in terms of labels
- stigma
- over-simplifieddisorder
- medicalisation of behaviour that is 'bad' or 'abnormal'
- ICD-10
- diagnostic tool
- there are 10 main groups of disorders e.g. F3 Mood (affective) disorder
- each group has more specific subcategories
- there are also 'unspecific mental disorders'
- The DSM
- consists of 3 sections
- section 1; clinician must decide which disorder the patient is displaying
- must decide if there are any learning difficulties or anti-social behaviours
- consider medical conditions which could complicate further diagnosis
- must decide if there are any learning difficulties or anti-social behaviours
- section 2; psychosocial and environmental stressors
- these are rated on a 7 point scale on the affect they might have on a mental disorder
- section 3; global assessment of functioning
- rates the level of social, occupational and psychologicalfactors
- 1 (persistent danger) to 100 (excellent in all areas)
- section 1; clinician must decide which disorder the patient is displaying
- implies all disorders are caused by the interaction of biological, sociological and psychological factors
- consists of 3 sections
- What is the purpose?
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