Question

2.From which diagnostic category is one least likely to recover?

3.What is the first and second most common mental disorders in the USA?

4.How does "culture" relate to the diagnostic categories?

Answer 1

2. major diagnostic category is developed by ICD by dividing all the possible diagnosis into 25 categories. people belonging to diagnostic category no. 25 are the least likely to recover as it involves human immunodeficiency virus nfection which is uncurable.

3. depression and anxiety disorder are the most common mental disorders in usa with 13% and 10% of population suffering from it respectively.

4.APA has found that culture and ethinicity has a major impact on diagosis and treatment. people from various cultural backgrounds were assessed before listing the diagnostic categories as the disorders as well as their extent of disruption is effected by the culture, their trends and ther norms. their is high disparity in normal and abnormal beehavior in various cultures. what may be normal in one culture may be abnormal in other which changes the categorisation of mental disorders specially. biological disorders are more or less the same but the psychological disorders and their categories need to be taken special care of as they are the most influenced by the norma and cultural values. culture affects the assessment and diagnosis of individuals; hence, affecting the diagnostic categories as well.