EPPP - Abnormal Psychology - Classification of Mental Disorders

  1. Diagnostic uncertainty - Other specified disorder
    Coded when the clinician wants to indicate the reason why the client's symptoms do not meet the criteria for a specific diagnosis
  2. Diagnostic uncertainty - Unspecified disorder
    Coded when the clinician does not want to indicate the reason why the client's symptoms do not meet the criteria for a specific diagnosis
  3. Diagnostic uncertainty - The "provisional" specifier
    May be used when the clinician does not currently have sufficient information for a firm diagnosis but believes the full criteria for the diagnosis will eventually be met
  4. Cultural Formulation - Outline for Cultural Formation
    provides guidelines for assessing four factors:

    cultural identity 

    cultural conceptualization of distress

    psychological stressors and cultural factors that impact vulnerability and resilience 

    cultural factors relevant to the client therapist relationship
  5. Cultural Formulation - Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI)
    semi-structured interview consisting of 16 questions designed to obtain information on views regarding the social/cultural context of the presenting problems.
  6. Cultural Formulation - Cultural Concept of Distress
    defined as ways that cultural groups experience, understand, and communicate suffering, behavioral problems, or troubling thoughts and emotions.
  7. The DSM-5 utilizes a __________ approach that divides the mental disorders into types that are defined by a set of diagnostic criteria. To allow for symptom heterogeneity, the DSM includes a ________ criteria set for most disorders. In contrast to the previous version of the DSM, the DSM-5 provides a ____________ assessment system
    categorical

    polythetic 

    nonaxial
  8. Uncertainty about a person's diagnosis is indicated by coding _________ when the clinician wants to indicate the reason why the client's symptoms do not meet the criteria for a specific diagnosis
    Other specified disorder
  9. The DSM-5 includes several assessment measures including __________ symptom measures that are designed to be used in the initial client interview and during the treatment to monitor progress as well as _________ severity measures that correspond to DSM-5 diagnosis criteria
    cross-cutting

    disorder-specific
  10. To help clinicians consider and understand the impact of a client's cultural background on diagnosis and treatment, the DSM-5 includes an Outline for _________ that provides guidelines for assessing the client's cultural identity, the client's cultural conceptualization of distress, the psychological stressors and cultural factors affecting the client's vulnerability and resistance, and cultural factors relevant to the therapist-client relationship. It also includes a section on cultural concepts of distress that distinguishes between three types of concepts: cultural syndromes, cultural idioms of distress, and cultural __________.
    Cultural Formulation 

    explanations
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EPPP - Abnormal Psychology - Classification of Mental Disorders
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