classification systems

• 5 axes of DSM IV-TR

  Axis 1- contains clinical disorders, mental disorders, developmental disorders and learning disorders

  Axis 2- looks of underlying personality conditions including mental retardation

  Axis 3- is about medical and physical conditions

  Axis 4- focuses on psychosocial and enviromental factors affecting the disorder

  axis 5- assessment of global functioning
• DSM evidence for reliability- Goldstein


  she looked at the effect of gender on the experience and also re-diagnosed 199 patients using DSM-111 when thy had been previously diagnosed using DSM-11
• DSM evidence for reliability- Brown

  set out to test the reliability of the DSM-IV.

  they studied anxiety ad mood disorders in 36 out patients

  the patients underwent 2 independent interviews using anxiety disorders using DSM-iv
• DSM evidence for reliability- Stinchfield


  this study tested both reliability and validity

  pathological gambling- DSM was used to sort out those who were linked and who werent
• what is DSM-IV-TR


  from 2008- 2013

  stands for diagnostic and statisical manual

  created so psycharists could communicate using common system of diagnosis
• changes to DSM


  how the DSM has changed in terms of its attitudes towards homosexuality and how it responds to new research and cultural attitudes
• evaluating DSM- strengths


  DSM allows a common diagnosis to be released and reached by clinicians

  Goldsteins study tests the reliability

  DSM 5 used field trails before publications
• evaluating DSM- weaknesses


  the DSM is seen as a confirmation of the mental disorders as sufferers are patients is suggested DSMs have no transparency
• what is ICD- 10


  stands for international classification of disease

  it is global standard for the diagnosis, treatment, research and statistical reporting of health condtions

  it addresses all diseases not just mental disorders unlike DSM
• evaluation of reliability of ICD-10 for diagnosing schizo

  strengths

  studies tend to show that ICD-10 is a reliable measure of schizo and it compares well

  studies used inter rater reliability which means more than one person uses the classification system with the same patients and when they come up with the same diagnosis then reliability is found
• evaluation of ICD-10 reliability for diagnosing schizo

  weaknesses

  schizo ws diagnosed more frequently when ICD-10 used than when the DSM- IV was used
• evaluation of the validity of the ICD-10 and diagnosing schizo

  strengths- in general ICD is used to diagnose schizo and the dignosis matches a diagnosis using a different systems

  weaknesses- Jansson found that different classification systems focused on different features and symptoms in schizo