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Bipolar Disorder Type 2 - Key Features (5)

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  • NO psychosis or mania
  • ONLY hypomania
  • No functional impairment
  • Harder to get medication right
  • More likely to be hospitalised for depression
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Bipolar Disorder Type 1 - Key Features

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  • BOTH mania and hypomania
  • Psychosis
  • Psychotic depression
  • Significant functional impairment
  • More likely to be hospitalised for psychosis or mania
  • Don’t need psychosis or hypomania to have BP1 diagnosed
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Bipolar Disorder Type 1 - Key Features (6)

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  • BOTH mania and hypomania
  • Psychosis
  • Psychotic depression
  • Significant functional impairment
  • More likely to be hospitalised for psychosis or mania
  • Don’t need psychosis or hypomania to have BP1 diagnosed
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Cluster A Personality Disorders (Odd/mad)

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  • Paranoid PD
  • Schizotypal PD
  • Schizoid PD
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Cluster B Personality Disorders (Dramatic/Bad)

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  • Antisocial PD
  • Borderline PD
  • Histrionic PD
  • Narcissistic PD
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Cluster C Personality Disorders (Anxious/Sad)

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  • Dependent PD
  • Obsessive-Compulsive PD
  • Avoidant PD
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What cluster do anxious (sad) type personality disorders belong to?

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Cluster C

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What cluster do dramatic (bad) type personality disorders belong to?

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Cluster B

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What cluster do odd (mad) type personality disorders belong to?

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Cluster A

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The W_ _ _ _ is an individually administered test of intelligence for clients aged 16 years to 90 years and 11 months.

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WAIS-IV

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The _ _ _ is a wide range, individually administered test of intelligence for clients aged 2 years to 85 years +

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Standford-Binet Intelligence Scales (SB5)

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What is the maximum age clients can be assessed using the WISC-V?

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16 years and 11 months

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What are the age ranges for the WPPSI-IV?

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2:6 to 3:11 and 4:0 to 7:7

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These are the core subtests for which intelligence assessment: Similarities, Vocabulary, Information, Block Design, Matrix Reasoning, Visual Puzzles, Digit Span, Arithmetic, Symbol Search and Coding

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WAIS-IV

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These are the core subtests for which intelligence assessment: Similarities, Vocabulary, Block Design, Matrix Reasoning, Figure Weights, Digit Span, Coding

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WISC-V

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These are the supplementary subtests in which intelligence assessment: Information, Comprehension, Visual Puzzles, Picture Concepts, Arithmetic, Picture Span, Letter Number Sequencing, Symbol Search, Cancellation

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WISC-V

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The following are the supplementary subtests for which intellgience assessment: Comprehension, Figure Weights, Picture Completion, Letter Number Sequencing, Cancellation

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WAIS-IV

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In what section of the DSM-5 would you find Adjustment Disorder?

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Anxiety Disorders

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In Adjustment Disorder, the development of emotional or behavioural symptoms in repsonse to an identifiable stressor/s occurs within how many months of onset of the stressor/s?

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3 months

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What is the prevalence rate of Adjustment Disorder in outpatient settings?

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5-20%

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Paranoid, Schizoid, and Schizotypal Personal Disorders belong to which cluster?

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Cluster A (mad/odd)

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Antisocial, Borderline, Histrionic, and Narcissistic Personality Disorders belong to which cluster?

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Cluster B (bad/dramatic)

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Avoidant, Dependent, and Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorders belong to which cluster?

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Cluster C (sad/anxious)

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Antisocial Personality Disorder can be described as a pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others, occurring since what age?

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15 years

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How old must a person be to be considered for a diagnosis of Antisocial Personality Disorder?

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18 years

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What is the prevalence rate of Antisocial Personality Disorder?

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0.2-3.3%

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For ADHD, symptoms of inattention must have persisted for at least how many months?

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6 months

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For ADHD, symptoms of hyperactivity and impulsivity must have persisted for at least how many months?

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6 months

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To make a diagnosis of ADHD, several inattentive or hyperactive-impulsive symptoms were present prior to what age?

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12 years

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What is the prevalence rate of ADHD in children?

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5%

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What is the prevalence rate of ADHD in adults? (half of children %)

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2.5%

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How many diagnostic criteria are present under ASD in the DSM-5?

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5

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For ASD, what is Criteria A in the DSM-5?

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  • Social/Communication

- Persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across multiple contexts

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For ASD, what is Criteria A in the DSM-5?

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  • Social/Communication

- Persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across multiple contexts

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What is the prevalence rate of ASD?

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1%

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For which disorder is it necessary to have a least 1 manic episode?

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Bipolar 1 disorder

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The following is a description of what kind of episode: a distinct period of abnormally and persistently elevated, expansive or irritable mood and abnormally and persistently goal directed activity or energy, lasting at least 1 week and present most of the day, nearly every day (or any duration if hospitalisation is necessary)

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A Manic episode

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What is the prevalence rate of Bipolar 1 disorder in the US?

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0.6%

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In Cyclothymic Disorder, for how long must there have been numerous periods with hypomanic symptoms that do not meet criteria for a hypomanic episode?

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2 years

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The following describes what personality disorder: A pattern of instability in interpersonal relationships, self-image and affects and marked impulsivity

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Borderline Personality Disorder

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The following describes what personality disorder: A pattern of disregard for and the violation of the rights of others

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Antisocial Personality Disorder

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What is the prevalence of Borderline Personality Disorder in the general population?

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1.6%

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True or False: The SDQ has 5 scales with 5 items each. Four of the scales are totalled to provide the total difficulties score (excluding the prosocial scale)

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True.

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What does SDQ stand for?

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Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire

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True or False: In Adjustment Disorder, Criteria D stipulates that the symptoms do not represent normal bereavement.

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True

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Which is NOT a symptom of MDD: weight gain/loss, Insomnia/hypersomnia, fatigue or loss of energy, recurrent thoughts of death, chronic feelings of emptiness, psychomoto agitation/retardation

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Chronic feelings of emptiness

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Which is NOT 1 of the 6 domains involved in Major Neurocognitive Disorder: Complex attention, executive functioning, social cognition, perceptual motor, language, fluid reasoning, learning and memory

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Fluid Reasoning

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The following is an essential feature of which Neurocognitive disorder: A disturbance of attention or awareness that is accompanied by a change in baseline cognition that cannot be better explained by a pre-existing or evolving neurocognitive disorder

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Delirium

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