The DAWBA clinical rater's manual
Practice cases relevant to specific phobia
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.
- What do you consider to be important criteria in terms of the impact of a
child's fear such that it may be considered to be a phobia?
- Does this case warrant a diagnosis of specific phobia?
- How does this child fulfil criteria for a computer
diagnosis of specific phobia?
- How might the information from the open-ended comments affect
your c
- How does this child fulfil criteria for a computer
diagnosis of specific phobia?
- How might the information from the open-ended comments affect
your clinical diagnosis?
linical diagnosis?
- How do the open-ended comments affect your clinical judgement
about the diagnosis?
- What would you do with this information?
- What diagnosis would be appropriate for this child?
- Do you think that the teacher's concerns should be recognised by
allocating a diagnosis?
- Do you think that the diagnosis of specific phobia is a reasonable
one?
- How would you capture this child's conduct problems?
- From the open-ended comments, what is the primary diagnosis? How is this
consistent with the less common disorders report?
- What diagnoses does the diagnosis of pervasive developmental disorder overrule? Consider the difference between the DSM-IV and ICD-10 classifications
- Is the diagnosis of specific phobia appropriate?
- Is the diagnosis of simple phobia appropriate for this child's
problems?
- What are the alternatives?
- 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?
- Why doesn't this child receive a computer-generated diagnosis of
specific phobia?
- Assess whether the child falls above or below the threshold for
diagnosis of specific phobia
- What are the possible clinical diagnoses for this child?
- Which diagnosis would you allocate?
- Does this child's fear warrant a diagnosis of specific phobia?
- Can you see why this child receives a computer-generated diagnosis
of specific phobia?
- What feature in the open-ended comments is most helpful when considering
the clinical diagnosis of specific phobia?
- What are the issues in the decision as to whether this child has a
specific phobia?
- 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?
- What features of the open-ended comments and report are important in the
decision as to whether this child has a specific phobia? Do you think
she should be given the diagnosis?
- What other diagnosis should be considered in her case?
Last modified : 11/07/14