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 Content Areas to be covered:
 Description of the diagnosis
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Describe the condition including the DSM-IV Diagnostic criteria
How it affects the patient’s life
 adverse effects
Epidemiology/prevalence
How is it assessed (standard measures/scales/tests)
Other features to give the full picture
 Etiology – Theories?
 Genetic contributions
 Physical disorders
 Contributing/causal environmental experiences (trauma, learning etc.)
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 Describe the Physical Disorder
 If it is a physical disorder Causing Mental Disorder, See DSM-IV: “Men tal
Disorders due to General Medical Condition, (p.165)
 What physical disorder/s or conditions have been shown to be a function, in
whole or in part of the mental disorder?
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What are the symptoms (signs, tests, etc) for medical diagnosis
 Review literature relating the psychological disorder to the physical disorder
and evaluate it.
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Discuss and critique the literature and give your conclusion about the relationship.
 What treatments are effective for this mental and or physical disorder?
 Review treatment literature and critique and evaluate its quality.
 Does treatment resolving the mental disorder also resolve the physical or does
medical treatment alleviate the mental disorder?
 How solid is the research?
 What questions remain to be explored concerning the relationship
between the psychological and physical conditions?
 Design a study to address one or more of these open questions
 What controls would be needed,