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| What is the definition of a mental disorder? |
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Definition
| A clinically significant behavioral or psychological syndrome or pattern that occurs in an individual and that is associaced with present distress or disability or with a significant increased risk of suffering, death, pain, disability, or an important loss of freedom. |
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| What major change happened in the DSMIII? |
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Definition
| Elimination of theoretical constructs in diagnosis; diagnoses are now based on statistical evidence. |
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| Were there improvements in reliability in the DSMIII? Validity? |
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Definition
Reliability: yes
Validity: no. |
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Term
| What are the five axes of the DSM? |
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Definition
I: Major clinical psychiatric problems
II: Lifelong/Background
III: General medical issues
IV: Psychosocial/environmental issues
V: Global assessment of functioning |
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| What are the components of axis II in the DSM? |
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Definition
Personality disorders
Mental retardation |
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Term
| Under what axes would you list hypoparathyroidism causing depression? |
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Definition
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| What important details should you include about stressors in this axis? |
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Definition
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| If someone comes in with psychiatric symptoms, what should you think of first? |
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Definition
| Always, think medical first: condition or substance abuse. |
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Term
| What is the hierarchy of diagnoses in the DSM? |
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Definition
Medical>primary psychiatric
Specific>general
Mood>psychotic |
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