Diagnosis Flashcards
Criteria for all DSM Dx
- Clinically significant distress or impairment in functioning
- Not attributable to another medical condition or substance/medication use
- Not better explained by another disorder
(Neurodevelopmental Disorders)
Intellectual Disability (Intellectual Development Disorder)
- Deficits in general mental abilities and adaptive functioning
- Onset during development (childhood or even in utero)
- Mild, Moderate, Severe, or Profound based on functioning
(Neurodevelopmental Disorders)
Children who can’t be assessed (temporary dx)*
- Global developmental delay if under 5 years old
- Unspecified intellectual disability if 5 or older
(Communication Disorders)
Language disorder
- Difficulty in acquisition, use of language across modalities
- Early childhood onset (toddler)
(Communication Disorders)
Speech Sounds Disorder
- Difficulty producing speech sounds impairs/prevents talking
- Early childhood onset
(Communication Disorders)
Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder
- Difficulty in communicating socially, including rules for conversation/storytelling
- Difficulty understanding anything that is not explicitly said
- Early childhood onset, not usually diagnosed until at least 4
Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Deficits in social communication and interaction
- Restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior
- Symptoms present in early childhood, even if not diagnosed until later
- Replaces DSM-IV Autistic Disorder, Aspergers’s Disorder, and PDD NOS
ADHD
- Inattention sys persisting for at least 6 months
- Hyperactivity/impulsivity sys persisting at least 6 months
- Sxs present in multiple settings and were present before age 12
- A lot of differential dx: ODD, IED, Autism spectrum, learning disorder, anxiety and more
Psychotic Disorders
- Delusions - fixed beliefs unchanged by conflicting evidence
- Hallucinations - perceptions w/o external stimulus
- Disorganized thinking/speech - tangential, in coherent
- Motor behavior - grossly disorganized or abnormal
- Negative sys - diminished emotion, motivated activity
- Also alogia (limited speech), anhedonia (not taking pleasure in pleasurable activities), asociality (lack of social interest)
(Psychotic Disorders)
Delusional disorder
- Delusion w/o serious impairment and w/o other schizophrenia criteria
- Sxs at least one month
- Specify type of delusion, modifiers after one year
(Psychotic Disorders)
Brief psychotic disorder
- Delusions, hallucinations, and/or disorganized speech ( negative sys not considered here)
- At least 1 day and less than one month, with return to full functioning
(Psychotic Disorders)
Schizophreniform Disorder
- Same 5 main criteria as schizophrenia
- At least 1 month, but less than 6 months
(Psychotic Disorders)
Schizophrenia
- 5 main criteria
- Continuous signs of disturbance for at least 6 months
- Specify episodes
(Psychotic Disorders)
Schizoaffective disorder
- mood episode concurrent w main criteria for schizophrenia
- psychotic symptoms persist w/o mood episode, but mood episode present more than half of the time
(Psychotic Disorders)
Substance/Medication-Induced Psychotic Disorder
- delusions or hallucinations as direct result of substance/med
- psychotic symptoms dominant, warrant clinical attention
Bipolar and Related Disorders
- For these and depressive disorders, know mood episodes - Manic episode - Hypomanic episode - Major depressive episode
- Manic episode: at least one week
- risk-taking, grandiosity, less sleep, distractible
- one+ manic episode is necessary for Bipolar I dx
- episode requires hospitalization or includes psychotic sys, even if less than a week, it is a manic episode
- Hypomanic episode: at least 4 days
- generally same symptoms, but to lesser degree (manic causes marked impairment, hypomanic does not)
- Major depressive episode
- 5+ sxs over at least a 2-week period
- at least one sxs is depressed mood (or irritable in kids) or anhedonia
- depressed mood, anhedonia, weight change, sleep change, motor activity change, fatigue, worthlessness/guilt, poor concentration
(Bipolar and Related Disorders)
Bipolar I Dx
- only requires manic episode
- differentials: substance/medication-induced bipolar, ADHD, anxiety disorders
(Bipolar and Related Disorders)
Bipolar II Dx
- requires hypomanic episode AND major depressive episode
- differentials: MDD, cyclothymic, substance, anxiety disorder
(Bipolar and Related Disorders)
Cyclothymic Disorder
- for at least 2 years, numerous periods of hypomanic sxs and depressive sxs
- Sxs present at least half the time, never 2 months sxs free
- But without EVER meeting criteria for hypomanic or depressive episode
- (less severe, but longer lasting)
- differentials: bipolar, substance, borderline
(Bipolar and Related Disorders)
Substance/Medication-Induced Bipolar
used when there is a clear link bw substance or medication use - timing and capability
(Depressive Disorders)
Major Depressive Disorder
- At least one major depressive episode
- Differentials: Mood disorder due to another medical condition, ADHD, more
(Depressive Disorders)
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder
- Frequent temper outbursts (inconsistent w developmental level and 3+ times/week), persistent angry/irritable mood in between
- Present 12 months w/o any 3 months where criteria not met
- Sxs present in at least 2 settings (e.g. school/home)
- Age of onset is less than 10 years, don’t dx under 6 or 18+
- differential: ODD, bipolar, autism spectrum. intermittent explosive disorder can be dx after 3 months. never give both dx.
(Depressive Disorders)
Persistent Depressive d/o (dysthymia)
- persistent depressed mood for at least 2 years (1 in kids), with never 2 months sxs free
- MDD, psychotic, due to AMC, substance, personality
(Depressive Disorders)
Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
- affective sxs in majority of cycle at least 1 year
- sxs track with menstrual cycle, become minimal or absent in week post-menses
- different from premenstrual syndrome, which is less severe
(Anxiety Disorders)
Separation Anxiety Disorder
- Sxs related to fear of being away from attachment figure
- Manifests in refusal to go places(out, school) nightmares, physical sxs, worry about losing attachment figure
- At least 4 weeks in kids/adolescents, “typically” 6 months or more in adults
- Differential: other anxiety disorder, mood, ODD, psychotic, personality
(Anxiety Disorders)
Selective Mutism
- Refusal to speak in social situations where expected for at least 1 month
- Is speaking in other situations, like at home w close family
- can’t be attributed to lack of knowledge or comfort w language
- differential: communication disorder, social anxiety, neurodevelopment disorder
(Anxiety Disorders)
Specific Phobia
- marked fear or anxiety about a specific object or situation, “typically” for 6 months or more
- fear is disproportionate to actual danger posed
- clinically significant distress or impaired functioning
- differentials: agoraphobia, social anxiety, separation anxiety, panic, OCD, trauma, psychotic
(Anxiety Disorders)
Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia)
- fear that they will act in a way that will be negatively evaluated
- for kids, must apply to peer settings, not just w adults
- fear persistent “typically” for 6 months or more, fear out of proportion to threat
- differentials: lots, but first on list: normative shyness. consider whether adverse impact on important areas of functioning. Other anxiety, delusional, BDD
(Anxiety Disorders)
Panic disorder
- Recurrent, unexpected panic attacks
- 1 month or more of worry about additional attacks or consequences, or maladaptive behavior change in response to attacks (like avoidance)
- differential: other anxiety, other d/o w attacks as feature (specific phobia)
- panic attack is not a disorder by itself, but can be noted as specifier
(Anxiety Disorders)
Agoraphobia
- fear of being in public places( at least two of: public transportation, open spaces, enclosed spaces, standing in line/crowd, outside home alone)
- fear that escape not possible, help not available if panic or embarrassing behavior occurs
- fear disproportionate to danger, fear “typically” 6 months or more
- differential: social anxiety, specific phobia(situational), separation anxiety, panic
- also other medical, if realistic concern about becoming incapacitated
(Anxiety Disorders)
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- excessive worry, difficult to control, more days than not for at least 6 months
- 3 of following (1 in kids): restless/keyed up/on edge, easily fatigued, difficulty concentrating, irritability, muscle tension, sleep disturbance
- differentials: anxiety due to medical condition, substance/medication-induced(includes caffeine), anxiety, PTSD
(Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders)
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Obsessions (intrusive, unwanted thoughts, urges, images)
- Compulsions (repetitive behaviors) in response - behavior doesn’t realistically connect or is excessive
- Distress or impairment OR time consuming (1+ hour/day)
- Note no duration required in diagnostic criteria
- Differentials: Anxiety, MDD, other o/c related, tic, psychotic
(Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders)
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
- Preoccupation w perceived physical defects or flaws slight/absent to others
- Repetitive behaviors(mirror checking) or mental acts(comparing) in response
- No duration requirement
- Differential: normal appearance concerns, eating disorder, illness anxiety disorder, MDD
(Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders)
Hoarding Disorder
- Difficulty parting w possessions regardless of actual value
- Accumulation that congests and clutters living areas
- No duration specifier
- Differential: Other medical, neurodev, psychotic, MDD, OCD
- Don’t dx if accumulation is result of MDD-related fatigue
(Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders)
Trichotillomania (Hair pulling disorder)
- Recurrent pulling out of one’s hair, resulting in hair loss
- Repeated attempts to decrease or stop
- Differential: normal grooming or hair playing, OCD
(Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders)
Excoriation (Skin Picking) Disorder
- Recurrent skin picking resulting in lesions(injuries)
- Repeated attempts to decrease or stop
- Differential: Psychotic, other o/c
(Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders)
Reactive Attachment Disorder
- Inhibited, withdrawn behavior toward adult caregivers, even during nonthreatening interaction
- Rarely/minimally seeks/responds to comfort when distressed
- Child experienced “pattern of extremes of insufficient care”, presumed responsible for withdrawn behavior (timing)
- Evident bf age 5 - persistent if longer than 12 months - don’t dx after 5
- Differential: Autism spectrum disorder, depression
(Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders)
Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder
- Child actively approaches and interacts w unfamiliar adults
- Not checking back w adult caregiver, willing to go with unfamiliar adult
- Behavior not limited to impulsivity
- Child experienced “pattern of extremes of insufficient care” presumed responsible for withdrawn behavior (timing)
- Differential: ADHD
(Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders)
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Adults and kids 6 and over
- Exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual violence
- One+ intrusion symptoms(flashbacks, memories)
- One+ avoidance symptoms (external reminders or thoughts/memories)
- Two or more negative changes in mood or thought after trauma
- Two or more arousal/reactivity changes
- Symptoms at least 1 month
- Differential: Adjustment disorder (differentiate by stressor), acute stress disorder (3 days to 1 month after exposure), anxiety disorder, MDD, psychosis, TBI
(Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders)
Acute Stress Disorder
- Same stressors
- Nine total sys from any of the five categories
- Duration of disturbance is 3 days to 1 month after exposure
- Differential: Adjustment (type of stressor), panic (only dx if panic unexpected), dissociative disorder, (if amnesia absent other stress sxs), TBI
(Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders)
Adjustment Disorder
- Emotional or behavioral symptoms in response to identifiable stressor within 3 months of the onset of that stressor
- Differential: MDD, PTSD, acute stress, personality d/o (review lifetime history of personality functioning), normal stress reactions
(Dissociative Disorders)
Dissociative Identity Disorder
- Two or more distinct personality states
- Recurrent gaps in recall of everyday events
- Not part of normal cultural or religious practice, or play (kids)
- Associated w overwhelming experiences, trauma, and abuse in childhood (not a diagnostic criteria)
- Differential: Depressive, bipolar, PTSD, psychotic, seizure disorder, factitious/malingering