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1. Diagnostic labels help professionals communicate with one another about cases
2. Knowledge of disorders and symptoms also helps clinicians organize information elicited from patients
3. Diagnosis is sometimes used to determine the legal status of an individual
4. Diagnosis should determine treatment
5. Diagnosis in mental health often influences the type of therapy provided
6. Diagnosis affects one's ability to receive reimbursement for mental health services from insurance companies
7. Diagnosis can be used to enhance research about causes and treatments of mental disorders. |
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| the first signs or the start point of a illness/disorder. |
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| forecasting of the probable course or outcome of a disease (chance of recovery). |
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| the natural process that illnesses/disorders follow ( direction or route taken). |
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| evaluates appearance & behavior, mood, feelings & affect, perception, speech & thought, sensorium (time, place and person) & cognition, judgment and reliability. |
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| The primary diagnostic criteria for DSM-IV diagnoses of: |
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Childhood disorders-should be first diagnosed in infancy, childhood, adolescence, or before the age of 18.
Adult disorders- should be diagnosed after |
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Paranoid, Schizoid (not interested in relationships), schitzotypal (odd excentric, not good at social, special purpose)
They involve being withdrawn, suspicious, odd, eccentric behavior. |
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| Personality Disorder Cluster B |
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Histrionic, borderline, antisocial, narcissistic
They involve dramatic, emotional, erratic behavior, often accompanied by shallow moods and intense interpersonal conflicts. |
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| Personality Disorder Cluster C |
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Avoidant, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), dependent
They involve anxieties and fearfulness |
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| mood disorders (lithium/depokote/tegertol) |
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| hallicinations, mania, schizophrenia, tic disorders, and severe ADHA (clozaril/risperdal) |
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| anxiety & depression (prozac/paxil)TCA SSRI MAOI |
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| anxiety disorders (valuim/xanax) benzos, barbituates |
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ADHA, narcolepsy (ritalin/adderall)
** account for 90% of prescriptions |
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| cognitive triad for depression |
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| Beck characterized depressive thinking by what he termed ‘the cognitive triad’. In depressed people, he argued, their thought can be boiled down to thinking that the self is bad (‘I’m worthless’, ‘a bad father’, ‘too old’ etc.), that the world is bad (‘things are unfair’, ‘I’ve been dealt a raw deal’, ‘the government is against me’, etc.), and that the future is bad (‘things are hopeless’) |
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