Kaplan & Sadock's Synopsis of Psych
Ch 6 Exam Questions and Correct
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What is the purpose of having systems of classification for psychiatric diagnoses? - Answer: 1. to
distinguish one psychiatric diagnosis from another, so most effective treatment can be offered
2. to provide a common language among healthcare practitioners
3. to explore the still unknown causes of many mental disorders
2 important psychiatric classifications are: - Answer: 1. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders (DSM) - APA
2. International Classification of Diseases (ICD) - WHO
3 basic features of the DSM-5 - Answer: 1. Descriptive approach: Describe manifestation of the mental
disorder
2. Diagnostic Criteria: list of features
3. Systematic Description
What is meant by systematic description? - Answer: Systematically describes each disorder:
age, culture, gender-related features
prevalence, incidence, risk
course
complications
predisposing factors
familial pattern
DDx
when relevant labs & physical signs/symptoms
, What is not included in DSM? 3 - Answer: theories of causes
management or Tx
controversial issues
Significant, below average intelligence and impairment in adaptive functioning - Answer: Intellectual
Disability/Intellectual Developmental Disorder
A variation of intellectual disability for children younger than 5 years with severe defects exceeding
those above - Answer: Global developmental delay
4 types of Communication Disorders
1. impaired vocab, difficulty in age-appropriate sentences
2. difficulty in articulation
3. difficulty in fluency, rate, rhythm
4. Difficulty in social interaction/communication w/ peers - Answer: 1. Language Disorder (impaired
vocab, difficulty in age-appropriate sentences)
2. Speech sound disorder (difficulty in articulation)
3. childhood-onset fluency disorder/stuttering (difficulty in fluency, rate, rhythm)
4. social/pragmatic communication disorder (difficulty in social interaction/communication w/ peers)
Range of behaviors characterized by severe difficulties in multiple developmental areas, including social
relatedness, communications, and range of activity and repetitive and stereotypical patterns of behavior
- Answer: Autism spectrum Disorder
Level 1: most normal (able to speak, reduced interaction)
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