The DAWBA clinical rater's manual
Practice cases relevant to separation anxiety
For each case:
- Click onto the case number to move to the rating screens for that case.
- Use the information from the rating screens to answer the questions.
- Check your answers by reading what we say in the text box in Note.
- You can also look at the DSM and ICD screens
to see our clinical diagnoses.
If you haven't yet learnt to navigate your way round the rating screens, we strongly recommend
you click here to work your way through the introductory tutorial
before starting on the practice cases listed below.
- How do the other symptoms reported by this child relate to the primary diagnosis?
- Do you think this child's symptoms warrant a diagnosis of any kind?
- Why does the computer fail to diagnose separation anxiety disorder?
- As a clinical rater, what diagnosis would you allocate this child?
- Why does this child receive a DSM-IV diagnosis of separation anxiety disorder but not an ICD-10 diagnosis?
- How should the child's disorder be recognised according to ICD-10?
- What significance do you attach to the depressive symptomatology?
- Why doesn't this child meet criteria for separation anxiety?
- What other symptom described in the open-ended comments can be used to make
the clinical diagnosis in this child?
- Why doesn't he fulfil criteria for a diagnosis of specific phobia?
- Do you agree with the computer diagnosis of depression?
- Why does the computer fail to allocate a diagnosis of generalized
anxiety?
- Why does the computer diagnose separation anxiety according to
DSM-IV but not ICD-10? Do you accept this?
- What do you think about the diagnosis of a conduct disorder?
- What aspects of the open-ended comments are consistent with a diagnosis of
post-traumatic stress disorder?
- Do you think the diagnosis of separation anxiety is appropriate?
- How could the teacher's concerns be recognised?
- What diagnosis is most appropriate for this child?
- Review the diagnosis of specific phobia. How does the child
receive this diagnosis according to the computer algorithm?
- What is the specific fear? Could this be more appropriately
captured with an alternative diagnosis? Does the symptom report sheet
for the alternative diagnosis support this view?
- Why does the child not receive a diagnosis of social phobia?
Last modified : 11/07/14