psychopathology is that each dimension on its own (psychological, biological, emotional,
etc.)....: is influenced by the other dimensions.
2. A psychodiagnosis is an attempt to....: describe, assess, and systemati- cally draw
inferences about an individual's psychological disorder.
3. Clinician A says: "Abnormal behaviour can only be identified and under- stood if
the individual's cultural context is taken into consideration." Clinician B says:
"Abnormal behaviour is consistent across different cultures and as such uniform
treatment can be applied to all individuals irrespective of their racial and cultural
background." Clinician A adopts a - - - - - approach to abnormal behaviour, whereas
clinician B adopts a/an - - - - - approach to abnormal behaviour.: relativistic;
universalist
4. Hluphizwe, 44-years-old, a famous jazz musician, goes to the psychiatrist at the
tertiary psychiatric hospital in KwaZulu-Natal. He tells the psychiatrist, that, "I
cannot sleep properly anymore. I feel so down these days that, Thoko, my manager
had to cancel my nationwide performances for the past three weeks". Hluphizwe
feels that he has nothing to live for as his long-time girlfriend left him nine months
ago with their young son Bongani, after having been battered by Hluphizwe once too
often. Hluphizwe justifies his abusive behaviour by insisting that "she had it coming"
and he feels he has done noth- ing wrong. Recently, he threatened to shoot his
girlfriend and then himself. The tour manager felt that he could not trust Hluphizwe
to be by himself and drove him to the hospital.
After the consultation, the social worker informs the psychiatrist that accord-
ing to community members and extended family members, Hluphizwe's girl- friend
,left him allegedly, due to the stress of him being arrested, his excessive use of nyaope
and cocaine as well as his infidelity at the time. Furthermore, a newspaper reporter
from the Daily Sun who has been documenting Hlu- phizwe's violent criminal record
including multiple arrests since
Hluphizwe's early teens, has been trying to contact the hospital for the last three
hours to find out about Hluphizwe's condition. Hluphizwe has been in the
newspapers for the past 10 months regarding his tumultuous break-up with his
girlfriend, his pending sentencing for tax fraud and being involved in an infamous
hijacking ring which has targeted stealing 4x4s and selling them across the Lesotho
border. In light of all this information the psychiatrist carefully thinks through all the
possibilities.
In assessing Hluphizwe's abnormal behaviour according to the DSM-5 clas-
,sification system, the psychiatrist should consider the following possible principal
diagnosis: - - - - -.: Antisocial Personality Disorder
5. Hluphizwe, 44-years-old, a famous jazz musician, goes to the psychiatrist at the
tertiary psychiatric hospital in KwaZulu-Natal. He tells the psychiatrist, that, "I
cannot sleep properly anymore. I feel so down these days that, Thoko, my manager
had to cancel my nationwide performances for the past three weeks". Hluphizwe
feels that he has nothing to live for as his long-time girlfriend left him nine months
ago with their young son Bongani, after having been battered by Hluphizwe once too
often. Hluphizwe justifies his abusive behaviour by insisting that "she had it coming"
and he feels he has done noth- ing wrong. Recently, he threatened to shoot his
girlfriend and then himself. The tour manager felt that he could not trust Hluphizwe
to be by himself and drove him to the hospital.
After the consultation, the social worker informs the psychiatrist that accord-
ing to community members and extended family members, Hluphizwe's girl- friend
left him allegedly, due to the stress of him being arrested, his excessive use of nyaope
and cocaine as well as his infidelity at the time. Furthermore, a newspaper reporter
from the Daily Sun who has been documenting Hlu- phizwe's violent criminal record
including multiple arrests since
Hluphizwe's early teens, has been trying to contact the hospital for the last three
hours to find out about Hluphizwe's condition. Hluphizwe has been in the
newspapers for the past 10 months regarding his tumultuous break-up with his
girlfriend, his pending sentencing for tax fraud and being involved in an infamous
hijacking ring which has targeted stealing 4x4s and selling them across the Lesotho
border. In light of all this information the psychiatrist carefully thinks through all the
possibilities.
, According to the DSM-5 classification system, which possible diagnoses in the
category of Other Conditions That May Be a Focus of Clinical Attention would need
to be considered by the psychiatrist in assessing Hluphizwe's abnormal behaviour - -
- - -?: Disruption of Family by Separation; Threat of Job Loss; Problems Related to Legal
Circumstances; Malingering
6. Tau's family went to a community function and they feasted on a lot of food. The
following day Tau was not feeling well. His face and tummy were swollen, his vision
was blurred and his body was sore all over. His father feels strongly that malicious
people have put something into his son's food in order to poison him. However,Tau's
mother somehow understood her son's condition as she believed that their son could
have taken after his grandfather who would most often vomit uncontrollably after he
ate at functions.Tau eventually