ABSTRACT
The current study aims to build an objective tool using the computer to diagnose psychotic disorders and mental illness among university students, provided that the battery paragraphs are prepared from the exploratory study of measures of psychotic disorders and mental illness according to the fifth Diagnostic and Statistical Manual DSM-5.
The study also aims to verify the criteria for the stability and validity of the computerized scale by calculating the apparent validity, content validity, extracting the internal consistency coefficients of the paragraphs, and the discriminatory power of the scale, provided that it is applied to a sample of undergraduate students with special needs and normal according to the specification features contained in the fifth Diagnostic Statistical Manual DSM-5, which is the stage in which students are in dire need of identifying and diagnosing psychotic disorders and mental illness, without the need for an experienced and trained specialist in the diagnosis process, and so that it can be applied by non-specialist caregivers, and at the same time obtain a diagnosis Specific and precise mental illness or disorder.
Keywords: psychotic disorders, mental illness, special needs
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