Psychological Disorders and Therapy

Question 1: The DSM is the diagnostic and statistical manual that those in the mental healthindustry use to diagnose and treat mental disorders. Using the DSM, explain theconcepts of reliability and validity. In your answers, be sure to: 1) define theconcept, and 2) illustrate the concept by describing empirical work that has beendone with the DSM. Finally, briefly outline some potential advantages anddisadvantages of diagnostic labeling.Thisquestion(aswithallquestions) is tobeanswered inamaximumofonepage,double-spaced,using12point,Arial font.

Question2: Your good friend, Marci, has to give a presentation in her history class at the endof the course. Unfortunately, as with many people, she is terrified of publicspeaking. She decides to consult a therapist to help her out and asks youropinion on which type of therapist she should go see. You decide either acognitive or a behavioral therapist would be most suitable.Use this scenario to answer the following questions. First, clearly define anddifferentiate between cognitive and behavioral therapies. Second, describe howa cognitive therapist might go about helping Marci to overcome her fear of publicspeaking. Third, describe how a behavioral therapist might go about helpingMarci overcome her fear of public speaking. Fourth, how might a psychiatrist,using a biomedical approach, help out Marci? Finally, fifth, Marci is curious as towhat your favorite form of psychotherapy is. Choose one type of psychotherapysurveyed in class, describe it, and explain why you find this psychotherapyparticularly appealing. In your answer, explain how you think it might help you tounderstand yourself better and/or how it might help you to change an aspect ofyourself that you'd like to alter.Thisquestion(aswithallquestions) is tobeanswered inamaximumoftwopages (thoughshootforasclosetoonepageaspossible),double-spaced,using12point,andArial font.