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The basis of the multidimensional integrative approach to understanding psychopathology is that each dimension on its own (psychological, biological, emotional, etc.) - - - - -
A psychodiagnosis is an attempt to - - - - -
Clinician A says: "Abnormal beha...
1). The basis of the multidimensional integrative approach to understanding psychopathology
is that each dimension on its own (psychological, biological, emotional, etc.) - - - - -
Ans: is influenced by the other dimensions.
2). A psychodiagnosis is an attempt to - - - - -
Ans: describe, assess, and systematically draw inferences about an individual's
psychological disorder.
3). Clinician a says: "abnormal behaviour can only be identified and understood 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.
Ans: 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 nothing 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 according to
community members and extended family members, hluphizwe's girlfriend 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 hluphizwe'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
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, 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 classification system,
the psychiatrist should consider the following possible principal diagnosis: - - - - -.
Ans: 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 nothing 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 according to
community members and extended family members, hluphizwe's girlfriend 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 hluphizwe'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 - - - - -?
Ans: 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 decided to consult with a traditional healer about his condition.
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, which one of the following would possibly describe the traditional healer's
conceptualisation of tau's condition, from a traditional african view?
Ans: Tau's symptoms could be due to bewitchment as malicious people would like to
take his life
7). 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 decided to consult with a traditional healer about his condition.
according to the traditional healer, which one of the following conditions could tau be
suffering from - - - - -?
Ans: Sejeso
8). 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 decided to consult with a traditional healer about his condition.
tau's mother's explanation of his presenting symptoms could be best explained by which
one of the dimensions according to the multipath model?
Ans: Biological
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