Computational Psychiatry

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17 flashcards · Biology · by charlie42

1. 3 levels of understanding of pathology

   Symptom level ("yellow eyes") - what Pathophysiology or mechanism level ("yellow eyes can be caused by liver malfunction") - how Aetiology or cause level ("liver malfunctions is caused by a virus") - why

2. What does DSM stand for

   Diagnotic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

3. What does ICD stand for

   International Classification of Diseases

4. Who curates ICD?

   World Health Organization (WHO)

5. Main difference between ICD and DSM?

   ICD is freely available

6. Who publishes DSM?

   American Psychiatric Association (APA)

7. Which pathology understanding level psychiatry currently operates?

   Symptom level

8. Why does this happen?

   Same symptoms can be caused by different mechanisms (pathophysiology) causes (aetiology)

9. What dose Alliance-Outcome Association refer to?

   Psychotherapy being more effective if relationship with the therapist is good

10. Difference between fear and anxiety

    Fear is a reaction to a current situation. Anxiety is future oriented: preparation for possible negative events

11. Mean age of onset of anxiety

    11 years old

12. Mean age of onset of depression

    26 years old

13. Examples of ego-boundary distortion in schizophrenia

    People reading your thoughts People inserting thoughts in your head

14. In DSM-IV, Axis V was a rating scale called the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF), randing from 0 to 100 and providing a way to summarize in a single number just how adaptively a person was functioning overall. What does DSM-5 recommend to use instead?

    WHODAS 2.0 (World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2)

15. What AOO stands for?

    Age of Onset

16. Age of onset of schizophrenia in females

    mid-30s

17. Age of onset of schizophrenia in males

    late 20s