PSYCH 2AP3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Autism Spectrum, Bipolar Disorder, Dissociative Identity Disorder

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 2AP3
• Professor: Geoffrey Hall

Document Summary

1968: dsm-ii: reduced psychodynamic bias o 182 categories in 134 pages o neuroses vs psychoses. 1980: dsm-iii: atheoretical no psychodynamic bias o more compatible with icd, 265 categories in 494 pages. 1987: dsm-iii-r: some categories dropped, added 250 categories in 567 pages. 1994: dsm-iv: fewer differences with icd-10 (1992) o 297 categories in 886 pages. 2000: dsm-iv-tr: no change in categories, diagnostic criteria o descriptive text updated, 297 categories in 940 pages. Disorder (asd: new categories include: hoarding disorder; excoriation (skin-picking) Disorder: 300 categories in 900+ pages, labels that we see in the dsm are not real diseases, just labels for symptoms, we can change the name without changing the symptoms what is a mental. Diagnostic labels/categories to describe and classify presenting problems lomoar cpsd| 2151316. Treats disorders as discrete entities, not as points on a continuum. Identifies dysfunction based on personal distress, impaired functioning, or increased risk of impaired functioning.