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HBSE 2What is it - ANS-Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)
Sections of the DSM - ANS-Three sections:
Introduction & instructions
Information around categorical diagnoses
organized around life span and developmental progression, intended to demonstrate how
disorders relate to one another
Assessment measures.
Includes self-assessment tools, cultural formulation for understanding cultural context of mental
illness, conditions for further study, etc.
Advantages to the DSM - ANS-Regardless of setting, SW can recognize sx and refer/or treat
Provide basis of comprehensive bio-psychosocial assessment
Accurate dx facilitates development of solid tx plan
Dx categories aid psychoeducation, provide comfort, validate experience
Provides common language
Helps with research
Incorporated into professional training programs, licensing requirements
Insurance companies require dx for reimbursement
Disadvantages to the DSM - ANS-Reliability of dx
Based on cultural notions of normality vs. abnormality
Overstate the case for biological influences
Tends to view clts in isolation and decontextualizes the disorder from person and life
circumstances
Gender-biased
Not all sxs have to be met for dx, 2 people may look different
Does not record clt strengths
History - ANS-1840: first attempt to classify mental disorders
One category: idiocy/insanity
1880: seven categories
Mania, melancholia, monomania
(extreme preoccupation), paresis
(weakness of voluntary movement),
dementia, dipsomania (craving for ETOH),
and epilepsy
1917: Statistical Manual for the Use of
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