PSYCH 2AP3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Factitious Disorder, Dissociative Identity Disorder
12 Dec 2017
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Assumes similar symptoms = similar disorder, with same causes. Treats disorders as discrete entities, not as points on a continuum oppositely, disorders are more like continuums. Criteria leads to fads in diagnosis may lead to an over diagnosis of persons with assumed symptoms of disorders: ex: multiple personality disorder, bipolar disorder (especially in children), etc. Comorbidity problem: where an individual meets the criteria for multiple disorders in the. Dsm: meet the criteria for disorders, shows we are not dividing up abnormal psychology quite appropriately, 50% of people meet criteria for only one diagnosis the remaining 50% meet criteria for two or more disorders. Nos problem (not otherwise specified: a miscellaneous category, not meeting criteria for disorder but showing symptoms that look like it may be such disorder. Straddled category problem: showing symptoms for both disorders but not meeting criteria for disorders in either one, categories that mix major categories together.
