Discuss the DSM-5 alternative personality model and the two ...

[nautica902]

Discuss the DSM-5 alternative personality model and the two routes that can be used for diagnosis.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Danielle's family is justifiably worried that her excessive use of a downer will lead to an accidental overdose and death. It further worries them that she often takes the drug with alcohol. Which drug are they probably concerned about?
 
  a. phencyclidine c. amphetamine
  b. marijuana d. barbiturate

[mistyjohnson]

Answer to Question 1

In a highly unusual move, the APA Board of Trustees decided to retain the categorical framework of 10 personality disorders in the main text of the DSM-5 and included an alternative model for personality disorder diagnosis in a separate section of the DSM-5 . This alternative model retails some of the categorical diagnoses in modified form, but also includes a dimensional classification system based on personality traits.

With the DSM-5 alternative personality model, a diagnosis of personality disorder can be made through two different routes:
1 . evidence that the client's pattern of personality traits matches characteristics from one of six specific personality disorder types; or
2 . evidence of at least moderate impairment in two key domains of personality functioning combined with certain specific pathological personality traits.

Answer to Question 2

D