Psychological Diagnosis
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- Created on: 23-12-18 12:16
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- Diagnosis
- What Is Diagnosis?
- identification and labelling of a disease based on it's signs and symptoms
- A main purpose of diagnosis is to guide treatment planning
- Can be applied to a wide range mental illnesses e.g. depression, anxiety, OCD and trauma
- Mental disorders diagnosed using either the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) or the International Classification of Diseases for Mental and Behavioural Disorders (ICD-10)
- Strengths of Diagnosis
- Points towards a treatment
- Provide a reasonable prediction of response to treatment and provide a prognosis.
- A diagnosis is not about applying a label to a problem; it is about discovering solutions, treatments, and information related to the problem.
- Limitations of Diagnosis
- It can lead to biases in the general public and the media towards the mentally ill e.g. that they are unpredictable, dangerous and to be avoided
- These biases may lead to the avoidance and isolation of these individuals due to fear and suspicion
- Biases exist by clinical professionals as they use the medical model in the diagnosis and treatment of mental health disorders
- Medical diagnosis of a disease involves gaining an understanding of the existing condition of the patient and his or her symptoms, what causes these symptoms, and how the symptoms can be treated
- If a patient presenting with hallucinations is given a diagnosis of schizophrenia, this diagnosis gives no information about the cause of the symptoms, not the possible treatment.
- Medical diagnosis of a disease involves gaining an understanding of the existing condition of the patient and his or her symptoms, what causes these symptoms, and how the symptoms can be treated
- Without explanation adds to the media's negative perception of mental illness- creating stigma
- Leads to less than optimal, ineffective, or harmful treatment
- Leads to misunderstanding persons and their problems
- Decrease client responsibility/ motivation to change
- Create unwarranted guilt or shame
- Focus attention away from key dimensions of a person's problems
- It can lead to biases in the general public and the media towards the mentally ill e.g. that they are unpredictable, dangerous and to be avoided
- What Is Diagnosis?
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