Deck 31: Basic Issues in Psychopathology

Question 1

The DSM classification system was primarily designed to:

A) provide criteria specifying type and length of treatment.
B) provide any necessary and sufficient criteria for correct and differential diagnosis.
C) provide a framework for drug prescription.
D) provide a legal framework for sectioning an individual.

Answer 1

provide any necessary and sufficient criteria for correct and differential diagnosis.

Question 2

Co-morbidity explains the notions that:

A) people suffering with the same psychopathology die at the same time.
B) sufferers exhibit a chronic fear of death.
C) depression always happens in the winter.
D) differentially defined disorders can co-occur.

Answer 2

differentially defined disorders can co-occur.

Question 3

Which of the following can a psychiatrist do that a clinical psychologist cannot?

A) Implement CBT.
B) Diagnose patients using the DSM criteria.
C) Prescribe medication.
D) Perform a clinical assessment.

Answer 3

Prescribe medication.

Question 4

Which of the following is not a basic objective of the DSM classification scheme?

A) It must provide necessary and sufficient criteria for correct differential diagnosis.
B) It provides theoretically neutral criteria, i.e. not favouring one theoretical approach over another.
C) It provides criteria specifying type and length of treatment.
D) It provides diagnostic criteria in a way that allows them to be applied systematically by different clinicians in different settings.

Question 5

Which of the following are not dimensions of classification in DSM IV?

A) Axis III
B) Axis I
C) Axis VI (A)
D) Axis II