DSM-IV: Strengths and Weaknesses The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is currently the most frequently used way of standardizing and defining psychological disorders. However‚ the classification systems such as DSM have advantages and disadvantages. The major weakness of DSM is that it judges symptoms superficially and ignores other possible important factors. The major strength of DSM is that it enables categorization of psychological disorders. The first edition
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Diagnostic and statistical Manual of Mental Disorder (DSM)‚ published by American Psychiatric Association‚ is the most comprehensive and authoritative book devoted to the standard classification of psychiatric illness used by mental health professional in the United States and other countries. It is used by clinician‚ insurance companies‚ pharmaceutical companies‚ policy makers and researches of many different orientations such as biological‚ psychodynamic‚ cognitive‚ behavioral and interpersonal
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The DSM 5 The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is almost like a bible to the likes of clinicians‚ researchers‚ insurance companies and many more. Ever since the very first edition back in 1952‚ there have been many debates and controversies surrounding the book. When the first edition came out‚ it contained 106 mental disorders in its pages which almost doubled by the time the 4th edition came by in 1994 with 297 disorders. Here we are at
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Emerging Concepts for the Axial Age Religion has not always existed in the world according to academia. Preceding religion was an age of magic where man attempted to manipulate nature by force with enchantments alongside preliterate religious activity.1 Once people realized the failure in their “magic”‚ religion started evolving and an appeal to a more superior‚ supernatural divinity that ultimately controlled their security. The intricate pattern of ritual
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of their everyday life. People whom have personality disorders only think there is one problem and that is people mistreating or misunderstanding them. As in this case study it will be done on Theodore Robert Bundy. His personality disorder left trails of disaster in its wake. Theodore Bundy (Cowell) was born on November 24‚ 1946. Theodore had a few different personality traits but I will only be mentioning one. The one that will be mentioned is the disorder that is called sociopath‚ like other serial
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The Axial and Appendicular Skeleton Laszlo Vass‚ Ed.D. Version 42-0021-00-01 Lab RepoRt assistant This document is not meant to be a substitute for a formal laboratory report. The Lab Report Assistant is simply a summary of the experiment’s questions‚ diagrams if needed‚ and data tables that should be addressed in a formal lab report. The intent is to facilitate students’ writing of lab reports by providing this information in an editable file which can be
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and appropriate to use a dimensional diagnostic model—which might view my client as‚ alternatively‚ very low on the extraversion continuum. Perhaps client knowledge of different views about the same psychopathology would help to make things easier to ‘digest’ by putting it in perspective. It’s also possible that a client would adhere to the model that they felt more accurately represented them and their mental health (and what’s the harm in that if both diagnostic models point to the same presentation
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Characteristics of the Axial Age Karl Jasper defines Axial Age as‚ in his book “The Origin and Goal of History”‚ intellectual revolution that swept Eurasia from around 600 to 200 B.C.E. (Getz et al.‚ 2008‚ p.136).In fact we can see a connection between this definition and the wordAxial’s origin. The word axial derives from axis and pivot‚ in which axis means a straight line or a center point‚ and pivot means turning on a defined point. I believe the straight line stands for ongoing traditions and
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07/01/2011 WHAT IS A MENTAL DISORDER? GETTING UNDER THE SKIN OF THE DSM Today’s Learning Outcomes In this session‚ you will learn… How the DSM originated Why the DSM is so influential How the contents of the DSM are decided How the DSM finds a cut-off between normality and disorder The pros and cons of the DSM system The answer to the question ‘what is a mental disorder?’ has two parts: 1. Which kinds of behaviour / experiences / beliefs get categorised as kinds of mental disorder?
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Framework of the Skull The bony framework of the head‚ called the skull‚ is subdivided into two parts: the cranium and the facial portion. Refer to Figures 3-5 through 3-8‚ which show different views of the skull‚ as you study the following descriptions. Color-coding of the bones will aid in identification as the skull is seen from different positions. Cranium This rounded chamber that encloses the brain is composed of eight distinct cranial bones. * The frontal bone forms the forehead‚ the anterior
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