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Clinical Psychology
Lesson Two – Evaluation of the Four Ds of diagnosis
Slide2Slide3Application
Slide4DimensionDefinitionKey wordsExample1. Deviance2. Dysfunction3. Distress4. Danger Duration
Behaviour which is ‘rare’ within society. If the behaviour is considered deviant from the norm then it could suggest a clinical disorder is present
If the behaviour is significantly interfering with the person’s life a disorder may be present. All aspects of a patient’s life is discussed to assess the problematic behaviour
When the behaviour is causing upset to the individual. This involves negative feelings.
If the person is putting their own life or other’s people’s lives at risk. Refers to danger to themselves or others.
Length of time the symptoms have been present
Slide5Martin is a 21 year-old business major at a large university. Over the past few months his family and friends have noticed increasingly bizarre behaviours. On many occasions they’ve overheard him whispering in an agitated voice, even though there is no one nearby. Lately, he has refused to answer or make calls on his cell phone, claiming that if he does it will activate a deadly chip that was implanted in his brain by evil aliens.He has accused his family on several occasions of conspiring with the aliens to have him killed so they can remove his brain and put it inside one of their own. Martin frequently breaks down in tears when he confronts his family of conspiring with the aliens to have him killed. He doesn’t understand why they want to hurt him.He has stopped attended classes altogether. He is now so far behind in his coursework that he will fail if something doesn’t change very soon.
Should Martin (the patient) be referred for clinical diagnosis?
Deviance?
Dysfunction?
Distress
Danger
Duration?
Slide6You are the clinician that referred Martin to have a clinical diagnosis.Explain why you did this.What are the strengths of the 4 ds of diagnosis process?
You are reading about Martin’s case and you decide to argue the previous decision. Are there any limitations to this process?Can you refer to reliability and validity?Issues/Debates?
Group one
Group Two
Slide7Davis (2009)
Limitations
Deviance
Danger
Dysfunction
Distress
Duration
Slide8Reliability and validity when it comes to diagnosis
Is the diagnosis reliable?
Reliability of diagnosis:
Will different diagnosticians using the same classification system arrive at the same diagnosis?
What should happen if three different practitioners interview the client and they all use the 4 ds?
Is the diagnosis valid?
Validity of diagnosis:
Does the person diagnosed have real symptoms with a real underlying cause? (
the illness is not socially constructed, the person is not faking
)
Diagnoses may be consistent but what if they are wrong?
What if the conclusions are wrong?
Slide9Evaluative Points
Objectivity vs Subjectivity
Validity
Reliability
Culture
Put a ‘+’ or ‘-’ and explain why. N/A if not applicable
Application
Slide10Discuss the difficulties of using the 4ds to define abnormality (8 marks)
How do we answer this?
Structure?
Clinical Psychology
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