Classification Systems
Name the World Health Organization Classification System
ICD
Genes may play a role in the development of depression. True or False
True
What is confirmation bias?
A result of schema that allow us to understand and predict a situation
Name the American Psychiatric Association classification system
DSM
What gene is often associated with depression?
5-HTT gene
Vamvakopoulos and Chrousos (1993), Brown & Harris (1978), Amenson & Lewinsohn (1981), Swami (2012)
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What is the biggest advantage of using a classificatory system for diagnosis?
It helps increase the reliability of diagnosis
Name the study that developed a vulnerability model of depression
Brown and Harris (1978)
Name a study involving cultural bias in diagnosis
Cochrane and Sashidharan (1996), Rack (1982), Li-Repac (1980), Marsella (2003), Parker et al. (2001), Bolton (1999)
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Name two studies that use classification systems
Lobbestael, Leurgans & Arntz (2011)
Swami (2012)
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What therapy is associated with the cognitive approach to depression?
Cognitive Behavioural Theory
Define Stigmatization
the extreme disapproval of a person or group as a result of some characteristic that differs from the norms followed by other members of the society
Name the ABCS used by psychiatrists when describing symptoms and what each letter means
Affective symptoms: emotional elements, including fear, sadness, anger
Behavioural symptoms: observational behaviours, such as crying, physical withdrawal from others, and pacing
Cognitive symptoms: ways of thinking, including pessimism, personalization, and self-image
Somatic symptoms: physical symptoms, including facial twitching, stomach cramping and changes in weight.
Name Beck's Six Types of Faulty thinking
Arbitrary inference, Dichotomous thinking, Exaggeration, Overgeneralization, Personalization, and Selective abstraction
What bias was involved in Temerlin (1970)?
Confirmation Bias