L33 Psych 354 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: American Psychiatric Association, World Health Organization, Dsm-5
24 Feb 2019
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Chapter 04: classification and assessment of abnormal disorders. Classification system - a system for grouping together objects or organisms that have certain properties in common (ex: the set of categories in the dsm-5 that describe mental disorders) Categorical approach - differences reflect a difference in kind (quality) rather than a difference in amount (quantity) The object either does or does not have the quality. Dimensional approach - focuses on specific characteristic and determines how much of that characteristic the object exhibits (how much?) The objects may have different amounts or levels of the quality. A classification system is useful to clinicians, who must match their clients problems with the form of intervention that is most likely to be effective for treatment. A classification system must be used in the search for new knowledge. Diagnostic and statistical manual (dsm) published by the american psychiatric. International classification of diseases (icd) published by the world health. These can also be called culture-bound syndromes.
