Use Of Dsm 5 And Class Material Criteria On Diagnostic Categories

Approximately 947,570 Americans have Asperger’s Syndrome (AS), however, it is not an easy disorder to explain (Bashe 19). With multiple conditions and characteristics in each case, AS is not an easy disorder to diagnose. Asperger’s Syndrome was named after Hans Asperger, an Austrian physician, who first described the disorder in 1944 after studying a group of children with similar, unusual characteristics. However, AS was not made an official disease until 1994. Consequently, Asperger disease is just now becoming published and popular so there is still research and questions being answered. Asperger’s Syndrome, an autism spectrum disorder, is noted by above-average

Problems with social skills include difficulty interacting with others, are often awkward in social situations, and have difficulty starting and maintaining a conversation. Individuals with Asperger’s syndrome may develop odd, repetitive movements, such as hand twitching or finger twisting. They might also develop unusual rituals, such as getting dressed in a specific order, and are resistant to change the ritual. Some communication difficulties people with Asperger's syndrome may exhibit are, not being able to make eye contact when speaking with someone, trouble using facial expressions and gestures, and understanding body language. They also have a tendency to misunderstand language in context and are very literal in their use of language. Individuals could express limited range of interests; they could develop an almost obsessive interest in a few areas, such as weather, topics in school, or sports. Many individuals with Asperger's syndrome are exceedingly gifted or skilled in a particular area, such as history or science. The coordination of individuals with Asperger's syndrome may seem clumsy or awkward.

As with all previous diagnostic manuals, the DSM-5 (APA, 2013) aims to provide a ‘common language’ for describing psychopathology in order to provide the best patient care for both the individuals. As useful as this manual has been in the past, worries have expressed with regards to future direction that psychiatry is moving towards following the many updates and additions made to the diagnostic criteria within the DSM-5 it has been argued “when does psychological suffering become an illness?”. The purpose of this writing is to critically discuss the necessity of a diagnosis from two stand points, firstly critiquing the negative impacts of a diagnosis for an individual and secondly the implications of a diagnosis at a professional level, the research presented points towards a diagnosis is becoming less necessary in today’s society. Lastly the future of psychiatry will be discussed to show how if diagnostic criteria becomes more scientific based then there may be more benefits

The DSM is a classified system used by psychiatrist and other clinical professions in order to diagnose clients and patients who show signs of some type of disorder. The two advantages of using this model or classification system ranges from the validity of an assessment used by clinicians and other health care professionals. Build around the concepts and purposes for the DSM model is that it supports a number of standard assessments of diagnosing different treatment providers. Furthermore, (Comer, J. 2016) suggest that the DSM-5 requires clinicians to provide both categorical and dimensional information which is part of being consistent in diagnosing. From a categorical perspective this refers to the name of a particular category of a disorder which is indicated on behalf of the client’s symptoms. From the dimensional perspective it is a rating of how the client symptoms and the severity of the dysfunction through various dimensions.

This work is built around a topic that is sum interest to me due to the incidence of cases within the different social fields. It 's a syndrome whose classification is relatively new and as such requires a comprehensive approach for a better management of the condition. Asperger 's disorder owes its name to Hans Asperger who was the first to discover a group of children with traits very particular, mainly characterized by the absence of empathy, reduced ability to social relations, solitary conversations, a deep attachment to a special interest, and clumsy movements. However the person who presents it has no alterations in the appearance, in its capacity of intelligence and often displays skills in restricted areas. This disorder

DSM-5 and ICD-11 are used by healthcare providers to study and identify psychological disorders. Nonetheless, these two manuels differ from one another in many ways. DSM-5 is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manuel of Mental Disorders. It was formed by the American Psychiatric Association to enhance diagnoses, treatment, research methods today. This manuel is used to classify mental disorders by assessing the symptoms that are present in various clinical settings such as outpatient, clinical, and primary care. Then there is the ICD-11 which is the International Classification of Diseases. It was created by the World Health Organizations to define various diseases and report health conditions. This manual is a compilation of definitions, social

The most well-known and widely used diagnostic classification system is the DSM-V (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders). In the early 1900, steps were taken to follow a system similar to the DSM that is currently used today. The DSM-I was first published in 1952 by the American Psychiatric Association, with the DSM-II being released in 1968 as an amendment of the original (Pomerantz, 2014). While the earlier editions of the DSM were similar to each other, they were very different from the other editions later released (Lilienfeld & Landfield, 2008). There were three very broad categories in the earlier editions: neuroses - which would include mood disorders such as major depression and anxiety disorders; psychoses - which would include disorders like schizophrenia; and character disorders - which are known today as personality disorders (Blashfield, Flanagan, & Raley, 2010).

One major change on DSM-5 is reorganizing and eliminating some disorders that no longer made sense in the new framework. For example, OCD or obsessive-compulsive disorder now has its own category, instead of being labeled with anxiety disorders. The evidence didn’t support the idea that stress and fear is the main cause of this disorder. Also, PTSD or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, now part of a new category called “Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders”.

The DSM has a lot of information pertaining to different and similar disorders. The DSM includes diagnostic criteria for mental disorders. The DSM has set criteria defined by experts for clinicians to make a diagnosis. The purpose of revising the DSM-5 was to improve diagnoses, treatment, and research. I am very impressed with the DSM-5. There are some conditions in the manual that I would have never thought were possible. However, they still have criteria and z codes to meet that diagnosis. Also, I am impressed that there are so many subtypes of disorders. For example, there are so many types of neurocognitive disorders listed in the DSM. A few of the neurocognitive disorders listed include NCD due to traumatic brain injury, HIV infection, Huntington's disease, another medical condition, and unspecified neurocognitive disorder (American Psychiatric Association, 2013).

Asperger’s disorder (AD) is a disruption in the formation of the child’s physical and or psychological development and recognizing these, the disorder was separated from Autism in 1944, to provide a basis for each child to get the proper care. All children with Asperger Disorder will show some traits in these three categories; impaired social skills, trouble communicating with others and a pattern of behavior, interest, and activities’ will be limited and recurring; they become obsessed with a single theme. Usually the child will have the normal communication skills in the beginning years. They will be using single words by age one. They just will not be using them in the normal way. When doctors are testing for this disorder, they are looking for specific behaviors or skills that are either present or absent. If the right services are available, Asperser’s children will show significant improvement in language

DSM-IV TR, which stands for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th edition), Text Revision was published by the American Psychiatric Association in 2000 and serves as a guide book for many health professionals to diagnose a patient with a mental disorder. It also helps health professionals to determine what types of treatment could be carried out to help the patient. The latest DSM is widely used, especially in the USA and many European countries.1However, it may not be completely followed by health professionals as they know that there are some weaknesses of the latest version of DSM as well. This essay will discuss the strengths and

The most extreme ways to dispense with the named categorical diagnoses entirely. However, this idea was dispensed with relatively early in the process because many commentators, viewing the information on the DSM5 website, believed that the categories had inherent value. The DSM-5.0 Work Group members then proposed a compromise in which six would be retained (plus one called “personality disorder-trait specified to replace “not otherwise specified”). Here was to this student examiner were these very experts on this assigned Work Group, as was discover of them, were trying it seemed of them in desperation, to establish a dimensional approach, and in that they were truly making an all out effort to making personality disorders be those to and needed to move away from those categorical description using that approach that was one in which only provided no direct solutions to those clinicians who used frequently the former DSM-IV-TR, and was one clinically-based on statistics was then, also, such utilized by students with not "clear-cut" guidelines, that would have enabled them too to use a dimensional approach that were not making it clearer to use and understand when faced in their case studies concerning one or many persons arbitrarily who might have a personality disorder that could distinguish between the

While reviewing the article Diagnosing for Status and Money, Summary of the Critique of the DSM, a few things seemed to jump off the page. The DSM-5 while a well written and no longer intimidating to me appears to have a slant towards managed care organizations vice actual counselors. Having a manual that provides simplistic codes universally used between doctors that treat physical ailments and those who treat psychological ailments is critical; however, the focus must always be the patient. The text contains subjective qualifiers which provides the counselor the ability to use multiple diagnosis, either over diagnosing or underdiagnosing. The DSM-5 appears to provide care from a medication management prospective over psychotherapy

The first version of the DSM was published in 1952 (APA, 1952) and major updates were made in 1968 and 1980, which subsequently became DSM-II and DSM-III (APA, 1968; APA, 1980). DSM-III was considered to have the most significant changes from its previous two iteration (Widiger & Mullins-Sweatt, 2008; Widiger & Trull, 2007). First, the DSM-III moved away from the psychodynamic underpinnings of the previous editions which resulted in terminology used that does not reflect a particular theory of therapy. Secondly, the introduction of the multiaxial assessment system allowed clinicians to give a more comprehensive diagnosis, where psychiatric problems were described on each of the five axes respectively: Clinical Syndromes / Disorders(Axis I), Personality Disorders / Mental Retardation(Axis II), Medical Conditions(Axis III), Psychosocial and Environmental Stressors(Axis IV), and Global Assessment of Functioning(Axis V)(APA, 1980). Thirdly, it made use of specific diagnostic

Therefore, suggestion for the improvements to the current DSM-5 would be to further validate the diagnosis criterion and its diagnostic classes through more empirical research or observation. The creation of integrative cross-dimensional diagnosis between the future DSM-5 and upcoming ICD-11 could also benefit not only the psychological and psychiatric society, but the whole of the health