DSM contains
descriptions, symptoms, and other criteria for diagnosing mental disorders
. It provides a common language for clinicians to communicate about their patients and establishes consistent and reliable diagnoses that can be used in the research of mental disorders.
What are two advantages of using the DSM-5?
The DSM-5 is used for a
wide range of treatment, research, and educational purposes
. Therapists use the DSM-5 to: Identify and diagnose mental health conditions. Differentiate between similar diagnoses and ensure that the most appropriate treatment is provided.
Is the DSM-5 reliable?
The DSM-5 yielded satisfactory reliability, validity and classification accuracy
. In comparing the DSM-5 to the DSM-IV, most comparisons of reliability, validity and classification accuracy showed more similarities than differences.
Why is DSM more accurate?
The main argument used by those who favour DSM is that
it creates more accurate diagnosis
. This may be true, partly because operational criteria are used but also because a much greater amount of resource and effort goes into making the classification than with ICD, which received very little funding indeed.
What are the major implications of the DSM-5?
Each of these four principles will be addressed in detail. In addition, four major implications for health care organizations and mental health policy are identified as: 1) prevention; 2) client-centered psychiatry; 3) mental health workers retraining; and 4) medical insurance reform.
What are the 5 DSM categories?
- 1.2.1 Neurodevelopmental disorders.
- 1.2.2 Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders.
- 1.2.3 Bipolar and related disorders.
- 1.2.4 Depressive disorders.
- 1.2.5 Anxiety disorders.
- 1.2.6 Obsessive-compulsive and related disorders.
- 1.2.7 Trauma- and stressor-related disorders.
- 1.2.8 Dissociative disorders.
What is wrong with the DSM-5?
There are two main interrelated criticisms of DSM-5:
an unhealthy influence of the pharmaceutical industry on the revision process
.
an increasing tendency to “medicalise” patterns of behaviour and mood
that are not considered to be particularly extreme.
Why is the DSM bad?
Dr. Thomas Insel, director of the National Institute for Mental Health, declared that the DSM-5
lacked “validity” because its diagnoses lack objective standards and measures
.
Is DSM-5 still used?
The most common diagnostic system for psychiatric disorders is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), currently in its
fifth edition
. While the last DSM, DSM-IV, used multiaxial diagnosis, DSM-5 did away with this system.
How many disorders are in the DSM-5?
| Version Year Number of diagnoses | DSM-5 2013 157 |
|---|
What is the difference between the DSM and the ICD?
The ICD is produced by a global health agency with a constitutional public health mission, while
the DSM is produced by a single national professional association
. WHO’s primary focus for the mental and behavioral disorders classification is to help countries to reduce the disease burden of mental disorders.
What are 5 risk factors for mental disorders?
- Family history of mental health problems.
- Complications during pregnancy or birth.
- Personal history of Traumatic Brain Injury.
- Chronic medical condition such as cancer or diabetes, especially hypothyroidism or other brain-related illness such as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s.
- Use of alcohol or drugs.
What does the DSM-5 stand for?
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM–5) is the product of more than 10 years of effort by hundreds of international experts in all aspects of mental health.
Does the DSM-5 include causes?
That is, the DSM is a medical-model manual that is
nonetheless atheoretical about the causes of the mental disorders it
catalogs. This may be confusing but important to keep in mind. Trying to be atheoretical about causes makes defining mental disorders difficult.
Is emotional disturbance in the DSM-5?
Background: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), which was revised from DSM-IV to DSM-5 in 2013, provides the current criteria for measuring childhood mental health disorders. The Federal Register provides the definition of
serious emotional disturbance
(SED) based on DSM-III-R criteria.
Why is the DSM important to healthcare?
In addition, the DSM
helps guide research in the mental health field
. The diagnostic checklists help ensure that different groups of researchers are studying the same disorder—although this may be more theoretical than practical, as so many disorders have such widely varying symptoms.
