Chap 6 - Atypical Psychological Development Pt2

Mental health professionals classify mental disorders in different categories according to

• observable symptoms

• characteristic patterns of thoughts, feelings and behaviour

• characteristic patterns of behaviour

• the system affected

The 'DSM' stands for

• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Diseases

• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Illnesses

• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

• Diagnostic and Systematic Manual of Mental Illnesses

Which of the following does the DSM not provide?

• Prevalence of each disorder

• Any genetic predispositions for the disorder

• Degree of impairment of the disorder

• Specific causes for each disorder

Which of the following does the DSM provide ?

• typical course of each disorder

• recognisable symptoms of each disorder

• relationship fo the disorder to gender, age and culture

• typical age of onset

Labelling is not useful

• True

• False

What is stigma?

• a sign of social unacceptability or undesirability, often involving shame or disgrace

• a subcategory in the DSM

• sometimes used to describe the process of classifying and naming a mental disorder following a diagnosis

• a positive sign when someone is diagnosed and labelled with a mental disorder

What is true about social stigma ?

• refers to the negative attitudes and beliefs held in the wider community

• occurs when an individual accepts the negative views and reactions of others, internalises them, and applies them to themselves, thereby affecting how they feel about themselves and leading to low self-esteem and low self-confidence in their abilities

• inherently useful because it allows mental health professionals to classify recognisable symptoms in an individual and reach a diagnosis

• leads people to fear, reject, avoid and discriminate against people with a mental disorder

What is true about self-stigma?

• occurs when an individual accepts the negative views and reactions of others, internalises them, and applies them to themselves, thereby affecting how they feel about themselves and leading to low self-esteem and low self-confidence in their abilities

• self stigma is more positive than social stigma because it can encourage an individual to seek help with their mental health problem

• it can inhibit people from seeing a mental health professional for assessment and diagnosis, or from seeking help, thereby increasing the harmful impact of the disorder

• it can encourage people to seek help from a mental health professional for assessment and diagnosis, thereby decreasing the harmful impact of social stigma

Rosenhan's experiment demonstrated

• mental health professionals are incompetent

• It can be difficult to distinguish between normal and abnormal behaviour

• mental health professionals often under-diagnose

• an individual has schizophrenia if they show recognisable symptoms and are diagnosed by a mental health professional

Who are the participants of Rosenhan's experiment?

• The real patients

• The pseudo patients

• The medical staff

• The individuals pretending to have schizophrenic symptoms