Exam 3: Classification and Diagnosis

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A psychologist who examines ways that an adult's depression symptoms interfere with the adult transitioning from living on his/her own to an assisted living facility is using a:

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The underlying assumption of the categorical approach to categorization is that there is an important __________difference between objects that are members of a category and those that are not.

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Schizophrenia was not included in the World Health Organization Mental Health Survey Consortium (2004)because

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One shortcoming of the original Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM; 1952)was that

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In 2013,the director of the U.S.National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH),announced that,due to the lack of validity data on the DSM system,the NIMH would encourage efforts to develop a new diagnostic system for mental disorders based on biological and psychological markers for these disorders,known as the

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The primary purpose of a diagnostic system to classify mental disorders is that it serves to

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The extent to which professionals agree on the presence and nature of a diagnosable condition is known as

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Turner and Lloyd (2004)conducted a study on the build-up of life stress and the subsequent risk of developing a mental disorder.The researchers found that the odds of developing a disorder

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Longitudinal research of depression rates in adulthood indicate that rates of depressive symptoms are

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What is a diagnostic system of classification? How does a diagnostic system of classification differ from a diagnosis?

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What is the biopsychosocial model of mental disorders?

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A psychologist who examines ways that a child's anxiety symptoms interfere with a child settling into a new school is using a(n):

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Classification __________ refers to the usefulness of a classification scheme.

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Within the biopsychosocial model of the etiology of mental disorders,the contributions of biological,psychological,and social factors are likely to ________ from disorder to disorder,and may _________ over the course of life.

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________ refers to the extent to which the classification system reflects reality,whereas ______ refers to the usefulness of the classification system for directing treatment.

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List at least three ways a diagnostic system is useful.

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The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and related Health Problems (ICD)was developed:

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The 3rd edition of the DSM differed from previous editions in that it

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Childhood depression was not diagnosed until the 1980s.This is because:

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Dhat syndrome,malady moun,and nervios are examples of

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