29. Describe the diagnostic techniques used by psychologists.
Psychology has a way of ordering and classifying symptoms to diagnose psychological disorders. Classification of a disorder is not intended just to describe a disorder but also to predict the future it has in store, imply the appropriate treatment, and stimulate research. To study a disorder it must first be named and described. There is a scheme for classifying psychological disorders it is the volume American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Aside from the medical terminology most practitioners find this the most practical and helpful resource. This tool is also financially necessary because of some health insurance companies require a diagnosis from this, before they help pay for therapy. This also aims at the support of integration of psychiatric diagnosis into the mainstream medical practice.
This volume defines 16 clinical syndromes and a diagnostic process for each. It describes the disorders and this includes psychotic disorders, although not presuming to explain the causes of each. Techniques out of this are helpful, and the categories they are placed in, along with diagnostic guidelines have a must to be reliable, to a reasonable extent. When following these guidelines many times patients can be diagnosed the same by multiple psychiatrists. Clinicians have a series of objective questions they must answer about observable behavior, which are found among the guidelines.
Psychology has a way of ordering and classifying symptoms to diagnose psychological disorders. Classification of a disorder is not intended just to describe a disorder but also to predict the future it has in store, imply the appropriate treatment, and stimulate research. To study a disorder it must first be named and described. There is a scheme for classifying psychological disorders it is the volume American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Aside from the medical terminology most practitioners find this the most practical and helpful resource. This tool is also financially necessary because of some health insurance companies require a diagnosis from this, before they help pay for therapy. This also aims at the support of integration of psychiatric diagnosis into the mainstream medical practice.
This volume defines 16 clinical syndromes and a diagnostic process for each. It describes the disorders and this includes psychotic disorders, although not presuming to explain the causes of each. Techniques out of this are helpful, and the categories they are placed in, along with diagnostic guidelines have a must to be reliable, to a reasonable extent. When following these guidelines many times patients can be diagnosed the same by multiple psychiatrists. Clinicians have a series of objective questions they must answer about observable behavior, which are found among the guidelines.