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Psychiatric Diagnostic Categories and Its Impact

   

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Running head: PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSTIC CATEGORIES AND ITS IMPACTMental health diagnostic categories and its impactName of the studentName of the university:Author note:
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1PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSTIC CATEGORIES AND ITS IMPACTTable of ContentsIntroduction:....................................................................................................................................2Progress of diagnostic procedure in mental health:.........................................................................3DSM5 and ICD10:...........................................................................................................................4Benefits of diagnostic characteristics in psychology:......................................................................5Argument on the validity and reliability of the diagnostic procedures:..........................................7Conclusion:......................................................................................................................................8References:....................................................................................................................................10
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2PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSTIC CATEGORIES AND ITS IMPACTIntroduction: The science of health care is strict, and hence each and every stage of providing optimalhealth care to the patients relies on the scientific and reasonable steps. The medical science hasadvanced considerably in the last decade and the concept of clinically reasonable diagnoses hasrevolutionized the health care system effectively. In case of mental health sector however, theconcept of different diagnostic categories is new. The implementation of a categorizing andsystematic diagnostic system like DSM5 or ICD10 has undoubtedly been extremely helpful inunderstanding the particular patterns and symptoms that define the different categories of mentalillnesses (American Psychiatric Association., 2013). There has been a consensus regarding theviability, validity and utility of the different diagnostic procedures opted in case of psychology.This assignment will attempt to critically analyze the statement that Diagnosis leads to reliableand valid categories of mental illnesswith respect to DSM5 and ICD10.Progress of diagnostic procedure in mental health: Considering the American system of psychological diagnoses, the revolution of opinionbased diagnosis has been changed to the process of scientific research based psychoanalyticaldiagnostic classification system in the middle to late 19th century. The DSM psychologicaldiagnostic method had been introduced first in the year of 1958, however after almost a decade asecond edition of the DSM had been introduced. Along with American psychiatric associationimplemented DSM manual for mental illness diagnosis addressing the concern of diagnostic co-morbidity. The world health organization also implemented another set of standardizeddiagnostic procedure for the benefit of the patients, in the name of international classification ofdiseases.
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3PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSTIC CATEGORIES AND ITS IMPACTDSM5 and ICD10: DSM5 refers to the fifth revised edition of the diagnostic and statistical manual formental disorders, a taxonomic diagnostic tool that have been introduced by the Americanpsychiatric association. The last set of amendments or revisions have been done to the standardsin the year of 2013 and it is the most recent version that is being utilized abundantly in thepresent age. The DSM5 had been implemented on 18th of May, 2013 that replaced the DSM-IV-TR that had been in use since the year of 2000. There have been three changes or amendments inthe fifth revision of the diagnostic tool, in the section I, II and III. In the final or last recentamendment the DSM5 system had discarded the multi-axial system of diagnosis andimplemented an alternative hybrid dimensional-categorical model for personality disorders.The ICD10 stands for the 10th revision in the international statistical classification ofdiseases and related health problems, a diagnostic tool that had been introduced by the worldhealth organization. The last recent revision on the diagnostic standard had been made in the yearof 1993 and there are 14400 different codes that control and track different health adversitiesassociated with both physical and mental health and also track many of the new diagnosticprocedures as well. The crucial amendment that had been to the 10th version of the ICD includesseparation or categorization of the mental and behavioral disorders into separate non-overlappingcategories or blocks. This diagnostic tool attempts to group the different mental or physicaldisorder on the basis of a common theme in the origin or manifestation of the particular mentaldisorder (Cooper, 2015). Both DSM5 and ICD10 had been and still continue to be used abundantly used in thediagnostic procedure in the mental health sector since many years. Both these diagnosticprocedures are categorical and there are countless benefits of using these diagnostic systems for
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