Mental Disorders
What is a benefit of being diagnosed correctly?
A person can get the right type of treatment or medication he needs
What is a benefit of being diagnosed correctly?
A person can get the right type of treatment or medication he needs.
Most common mental illnesses
Anxiety and depression
What is a problem with DSM diagnoses that some people don't like?
Any diagnosed indicates that you have a mental illness, no matter how mild
What does the DSM allow a mental health professional do?
Diagnose psychosocial problems. Diagnose mental and clinical disorders. Diagnose developmental and learning disorders.
Making Diagnoses
Let professionals handle it.
Peter is concerned about the horrible feelings he constantly has and his tendency to always feel anxious. What is a healthy action he could take?
Listen to a mental health professional who can guide him through his troubles.
Axis 3
Major Categories: -medical conditions and physical disorders What the axes examine: -diabetes -brain injury -HIV/AIDS -cirrhosis
What do the five axes of the DSM represent?
Major categories that a mental Heath professional will use to assess a person.
Axis 1
Major categories: -clinical disorders -mental disorders -developmental and learning disorders Common disorders: -depression -anorexia -insomnia -bipolar -schizophrenia -pedophilia
Axis 4
Major categories: -psychosocial and environmental problems What the axes examine: -how severe are the stresses in a persons life
Axis 2
Major categories: -personality disorders and mental retardation Common disorders; -paranoia -antisocial -narcissism -OCD -borderline personality -mild mental retardation
Axis 5
Major category: -global assessment of functioning What the axes examine: -how functional (on a scale 1-100) is a person.
The importance of being diagnosed correctly
Psychiatrists have a rule book. It's better to be treated for the illness you have rather than one you don't.
Why won't some people get treated for mental illness, mild or severe?
Some people don't want a mental health record following them. Cultural biases prevent them from seeking help.
DSM
The "rule book" categorizes into five "axes" and each axis has a specific criteria used for diagnostic disorder.
