Article on Psychological Disorders
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Article on Psychological Disorders
The article selected is about the definition of psychological disorders and their classification. The article explores not only the definition but also the classification of psychological disorders using the DSM IV and particularly the DSM V. While the authors recognize the existence of other criteria of explaining mental disorders; they comprehensively define mental disorders using the DSM V criterion. To explain the difference between the two criteria, Stein et al (2010), comprehensively discusses the use of DSM IV and the DSM V to classify psychological disorders. The article also explores the weaknesses of the previous standards used to provide the definitions. The authors additionally discuss the various criteria under DSM V that are used to classify psychological disorders under the DSM levels.
The article relates to the course, and chapter 12 in specific, about the definition and classification of mental disorders. The explanation of the psychological disorders by the authors reflects the facts discussed in the chapter. The article further gives a practical relation of the knowledge learnt in the course, to the experiences of the psychologists in defining, diagnosing and classifying various psychological disorders.
This article is important in my life because it explained an aspect that had bothered me some time, to understand how psychological disorders are diagnosed. I had watched a documentary about mental disorders, and it was not clear how psychiatrists described and classified psychological disorders. At the same time, the article offered me a way of explaining the different mental conditions that are prevalent in the society. This way, I was able to know the type of psychological disorder I had observed in our neighborhood. More importantly, the article gave a great level of understanding the psychological disorders in the society.
Reference
Stein, D., Phillips, K., Bolton, D., et al. (2010). What is a Mental/Psychiatric Disorder? From DSM-IV to DSM-V, Retrieved From, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3101504>