Chapter 13 Psychological Disorders

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Chapter 13 Psychological Disorders
Chapter 13 Psychological Disorders
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Question: -History of the DSM - DSM stands for?-How many DSM's are there?-What was the first DSM based on?-What was different about the 3rd DSM?-" " the DSM 3-Revised?-" " the 6th DSM-TR?
Answer: -DSM- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, "Psychologist's Bible"- houses all of the psychological disorders-There are SIX DSM's- 1952, based on a medical model- 1980, changed to a multi axial system (came about because they wanted to describe patients on a multiple level)- 1987, REVISED 3rd- some categories were renames or re-organized- 2000, Text Revision - contains extra information