PSYCHOPATHOLOGY MIDTERM
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Risk factors for psychopathology - Correct Answers -Self-harm
Substance abuse
Peer groups
Socio-economic lvl
DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS (DSM) -
Correct Answers -Diagnostic guide• Standardized diagnoses for various health
care professionals
Used to determine who receives care
Informsresearch&education
Determinespublichealthpolicy
Reimbursementsystems
DIAGNOSIS = HARM + DYSFUNCTION - Correct Answers -
Beyondbehaviorpatternsorsymptoms,theindividualmustdisplay IMPAIRMENT or harm
before a diagnosis is made (personal or experienced by others).
Negative impact on a major life activity
social networks
Individual "pain and suffering"
Societal reverberations
DSM (1952) - Correct Answers -Psychoanalysis based
No concrete way to differentiate disorders
Went through 15 printings
"Rehash of Medical 203
DSM 2 (1968) - Correct Answers --included mood disorders
-Depression was one general diagnosis
-substantial section on personality disorders
DSM 3 (1980) - Correct Answers --Aligned with medicine and other taxonomies used
internationally
-Distinguised bi-polar from major depression
- concept of diagnostic criteria became backbone
-replaces idiosyncratic diagnoses with consensus-based diagnoses
, DSM 4 - Correct Answers --1994
- School psychologists began thinking of DSM
-Length of DSM is long ( 886 pages )
-can be seen as pathologizing the human experience
DSM-5 - Correct Answers --published in 2013
- 945 pages
-over use term of depression
- Bipolar disorder II changed to disruptive mood regulation disorder
DSM 1 vs DSM 5 (Similarities) - Correct Answers --Both approved by APA
-used to diagnose individuals
- attempts to classify disorders
DSM 1 vs DSM 5 (Differences) - Correct Answers -- Length of manual
-DSM-5 is more medical based
- Severity specified (mild, moderate, severe)
- DSM-5 can differentiate between disorders
DSM 1 - "Mental Deficiency" - Correct Answers --idiographic low IQ
-severity based on IQ
DSM 5 "Mental Deficiency" - Correct Answers -- Labeled as Intellectual disability
-severity lvl depends on Adaptive functioning in conceptual, social, and practical
domains
DSM-5 vs NYS Regulation (similarities) - Correct Answers --A guide/reference
-primary application is for allocation of resources
-Both have sets of criteria
- Both intend on identifying disorders/LD
DSM-5 vs NYS Regulation (Differences) - Correct Answers --Length of text
-NYS Reg = Educational Classification vs DSM = Medical diagnoses
- NYS Reg= Definitions vs DSM = Criteria
-In part 200 = only 13 classifications
- IDEA= educational vs DSM= Medical
- Part 200= used by people in NY vs DSM= universal use
- NYS reg= Special education vs DSM= Mental disorders
DSM and Diagnoses for children - Correct Answers --All neuro developmental disorders
must show before adulthood
-2 new disorders; Social communication disorder and
Disruptive mood dysregulation disroder
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Risk factors for psychopathology - Correct Answers -Self-harm
Substance abuse
Peer groups
Socio-economic lvl
DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS (DSM) -
Correct Answers -Diagnostic guide• Standardized diagnoses for various health
care professionals
Used to determine who receives care
Informsresearch&education
Determinespublichealthpolicy
Reimbursementsystems
DIAGNOSIS = HARM + DYSFUNCTION - Correct Answers -
Beyondbehaviorpatternsorsymptoms,theindividualmustdisplay IMPAIRMENT or harm
before a diagnosis is made (personal or experienced by others).
Negative impact on a major life activity
social networks
Individual "pain and suffering"
Societal reverberations
DSM (1952) - Correct Answers -Psychoanalysis based
No concrete way to differentiate disorders
Went through 15 printings
"Rehash of Medical 203
DSM 2 (1968) - Correct Answers --included mood disorders
-Depression was one general diagnosis
-substantial section on personality disorders
DSM 3 (1980) - Correct Answers --Aligned with medicine and other taxonomies used
internationally
-Distinguised bi-polar from major depression
- concept of diagnostic criteria became backbone
-replaces idiosyncratic diagnoses with consensus-based diagnoses
, DSM 4 - Correct Answers --1994
- School psychologists began thinking of DSM
-Length of DSM is long ( 886 pages )
-can be seen as pathologizing the human experience
DSM-5 - Correct Answers --published in 2013
- 945 pages
-over use term of depression
- Bipolar disorder II changed to disruptive mood regulation disorder
DSM 1 vs DSM 5 (Similarities) - Correct Answers --Both approved by APA
-used to diagnose individuals
- attempts to classify disorders
DSM 1 vs DSM 5 (Differences) - Correct Answers -- Length of manual
-DSM-5 is more medical based
- Severity specified (mild, moderate, severe)
- DSM-5 can differentiate between disorders
DSM 1 - "Mental Deficiency" - Correct Answers --idiographic low IQ
-severity based on IQ
DSM 5 "Mental Deficiency" - Correct Answers -- Labeled as Intellectual disability
-severity lvl depends on Adaptive functioning in conceptual, social, and practical
domains
DSM-5 vs NYS Regulation (similarities) - Correct Answers --A guide/reference
-primary application is for allocation of resources
-Both have sets of criteria
- Both intend on identifying disorders/LD
DSM-5 vs NYS Regulation (Differences) - Correct Answers --Length of text
-NYS Reg = Educational Classification vs DSM = Medical diagnoses
- NYS Reg= Definitions vs DSM = Criteria
-In part 200 = only 13 classifications
- IDEA= educational vs DSM= Medical
- Part 200= used by people in NY vs DSM= universal use
- NYS reg= Special education vs DSM= Mental disorders
DSM and Diagnoses for children - Correct Answers --All neuro developmental disorders
must show before adulthood
-2 new disorders; Social communication disorder and
Disruptive mood dysregulation disroder
