History
General parts of the DSM
Accuracy of the DSM
Problems with the DSM
The ICD & Beyond
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When was the first edition of the DSM published?

1952

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How many sections are there in the DSM?

3

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What is one factor that we discussed that impacted accuracy of the DSM?

Reliability, comorbidities, variability, accuracy of disorders named, constricting criteria

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What changed, in terms of academic transparency, between DSM-4 and DSM-5?

Become more secretive with DSM-5

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Which global health rule book from WHO gives every mental illness its own “passport number.” Its latest version officially took flight in 2022?

International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11)

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Who created and published the DSM?

American psychiatric association

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Name 2 purposes of the DSM?

Standardization, using it as a common language between professionals, documentation, diagnosis, classifications

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What are at least two social consequences of the DSM that we discussed, that were mentioned to be important reasons for why we need to look at accuracy?

Labelling; Diagnose use in Justice System; Welfare, Benefits [any combo accepted]

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Approximately, how many categories does DSM-5 contain?

400

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Which model builds mental health like a hierarchy? Symptoms are at the bottom, syndromes in the middle, and big categories (ex. internalizing or externalizing) at the top. They all lead to one p-factor or overall vulnerability.

Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP)

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How many parts were in the multi-axial system? In what version of the DSM was this multi-axial system removed?

5 parts, DSM-5

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What's a specifier?

Extension of a disorder included in the manual to create a more accurate and descriptive diagnosis

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What was the name of the statistical measure used to assess reliability for the DSM?

Cohen’s Kappa

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What was the name of the Chair of Counsel for DSM-4 who publicly criticized the DSM-5 revisions?

Allen Frances

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Which research framework strays away from questions like “do you have depression?” Instead, it asks “how is your fear system doing today?” It is able to study mental health like a playlist of functions rather than a checklist of disorders.

Research Domain Criteria (RDoc)

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