ABNORMAL - ch. 2 McGraw-Hill

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True or false: It is always acceptable to refer to someone as "a schizophrenic" if that person has a diagnosis of schizophrenia.

false

True or false: The DSM-5 uses a multiaxial system to characterize individuals in a multidimensional way.

false

One practical reason for the use of diagnostic manuals is that they allow reimbursement from...

insurance companies

One criticism of current diagnostic manuals is that they are based on a ________ model, and not all clinicians are comfortable with this.

medical

Which of the following mental health professionals typically hold a master's degree as their highest degree? Select all that apply.

Nurse clinicians Social workers School psychologists

Select all that apply Information used to help determine a diagnose includes which of the following? Choose all that apply.

Personal history Interview material Results of tests

Which type of doctoral degree in psychology focuses more on practice than on research?

PsyD

Which of the following are doctoral degrees in psychology? Choose all that apply.

PsyD PhD

Dr. Wasson has a degree in medicine and has received specialized advanced training in the diagnosis and treatment of people with psychological disorders. What kind of clinician is Dr. Wasson?

Psychiatrist

In most states, the clinician with the medical degree is the only one who can prescribe medication. This clinician is which of the following?

Psychiatrist

Which of the following have medical degrees and are able to administer medical treatments?

Psychiatrists

Why do many of the DSM-5 diagnoses have a medical diagnosis embedded within them?

Psychological and biological diseases often relate to each other.

The DSM-5 is divided into _______ chapters.

22

To provide consistent diagnoses for all people with specific symptoms, clinicians use

A Diagnostic manual.

_______ concepts of distress are the ways that individuals in specific cultural groups experience, understand, and communicate their suffering, behavioral problems, or troubling thoughts and emotions.

Cultural

Which of the following are professionals involved in clinical work who do not usually have doctoral degrees? Choose all that apply.

Marriage and family therapists Nurse clinicians Social workers

The DSM-5 has a _______ that includes diagnoses not quite well-established enough to be part of the main diagnostic system.

Section III

Shelby is in training to be a psychologist. His supervisor takes him to task for referring to "that schizophrenic." What is the basis of the supervisor's criticism?

The supervisor believes that it is more appropriate to say, "Mr. Watson, who has a diagnosis of schizophrenia..."

Which of the following are criticisms of current diagnostic manuals? Choose all that apply.

They reflect a sharp distinction between what is normal and what is abnormal. They put individuals at risk for being stigmatized. They make it too easy to equate an individual with a disease.

____________ is preferred when describing a person seeking psychological interventions through therapy because this term implies a collaborative relationship.

client

The purpose of Z codes in the ICD is

clinicians can use a set of codes in the ICD that indicate the presence of psychosocial and environmental problems AKA to note the presence of psychological and environmental problems.

________ process uses a systematic approach to classify clients' disorders.

diagnostic

It is important to keep in mind that the center of the clinician's focus should be the ______.

person

Dr. Abelson is a clinician, has a doctoral degree (a PhD or PsyD), and is trained in diagnosis and therapy. She is most likely a

psychologist

A psychologist examines a diagnostic manual and wonders about its ______ because when clients display a sad mood, the manual leads one clinician to diagnose a depressive or mood disorder and another clinician to diagnose an anxiety disorder from the same set of symptoms.

reliability

The diagnostic manual most widely used outside the United States is

the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) manual.

To rate a client's overall social, occupational, and psychological functioning, a clinician would most likely use

the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS).

Which of the following are true of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)? Choose all that apply.

the tenth edition is in current use. it is the World Health Organization's classification system Most mental health professionals outside of the United States use this.

The hope for future diagnostic manuals is that they will be based on _______ rather than symptoms alone.

underlying causes

The diagnoses in a diagnostic manual must represent real and distinct clinical phenomena. This requirement is called ______.

validity


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