DISORDERS Flashcards
How long does someone need to experience GAD symptoms for diagnosis purposes?
6 months, with excessive worry occuring more days than not.
What is Criteria B in GAD diagnosis?
The individual finds it difficult to control worry.
Name 3 of 6 associated symptoms needed in GAD (only one needed in children).
- Feeling restless/keyed up
- Easily Fatigued
- Irritability
- Muscle tension
- Difficulty concentrating
- Sleep disturbances
Criterion D, E, F in GAD?
- Symptoms cause significant impairment/distress
- Not attributable to medical/substance/physiological condition
- Not better explained by other mental disorder
Who is more likely to experience GAD?
Females - twice as likely as males.
Time period for symptom onset after stressor in Adjustment Disorder?
within 3 months.
What constitutes “clinically significant” behaviours/symptoms in Criterion B of adjustment Disorder?
- Marked distress out of proportion to severity of stressor
- Significant impairment in important areas of functioning
What is Criterion C in adjustment disorder?
Can’t meet criteria for another disorder or be exacerbation of exisiting disorder.
What should NOT be mistaken for adjustment disorder?
Normal bereavement/grief.
What is Criterion E in adjustment disorder?
Symptoms do not persist for more than an additional 6 months once stressor has terminated.
What patterns or types stressors are possible for Adjustment Disorder?
Single (eg. romantic break up)
Recurrent (seasonal business issues, recurring university exam stress)
Continuous (living in poverty, living with difficult disability)
Timings for acute stress disorder, adjustment disorder, PTSD?
Adjustment disorder: immediately - persisting up to 6 months.
Acute stress: lasting at least 3 days and up to 1 month since onset of stress.
PTSD: after one month since the traumatic event occurred.
To diagnose Antisocial personality disorder the person must be ___ and have met criteria for ___ since before ___
18 years old, conduct disorder, 15 years old
A pervasive pattern of ?? is included in Criterion A of Antisocial Personality Disorder
Disregard for and violation of the rights of others since age 15
Name 3 out of 7 possible symptoms for Criterion A of Antisocial personality disorder? Hint: FLIICRD
- Failure to conform w lawful behaviours
- Lack of remorse
- Impulsive
- Irritability an aggressiveness
- Consistent irresponsibility
- Reckless disregard for safety
- Deceitfulness
Possible disorders to be ruled out that may increase antisocial behaviour?
Bipolar and Schizophrenia
What is the relationship between Alzheimer’s and Major Neurocognitive Disorder?
Alzheimer’s disease is one possible cause of dementia (also known as Major Neurocognitive Disorder) - but not the only cause. MND - description of symptoms which can have mutiple causes. Alzheimers - pathological brain disease.
When is cyclothymic disorder considered appropriate?
The diagnosis of cyclothymic disorder is given to adults who experience at least 2 years (for children, a full year) of both hypomanie and depressive periods without ever fulfilling the criteria for an episode of mania, hypomania, or major depression.
What defines a manic episode in Bipolar 1? (4)
- abnormally and persistently elevated, expansive, or irritable mood
- abnormally and persistently increased goal-directed activity or energy
- lasting at least 1 week
- present most of the day, nearly every day
Name 4 Criterion B symptoms for Bipolar 1?
- Inflated self esteem/grandiosity
- Decreased need for sleep
- More talkative/pressure to keep talking
- Flight of ideas/racing thoughts
- Distractability
- Increase in psychomotor agitation or goal directed activity
- Risky or dangerous behaviours
What does “flight of ideas” mean?
rapid speech pattern with abrupt topic changes characterized by loosely connected or unrelated thoughts.
What is Criterion C of Bipolar 1?
Significant impairment of functioning OR requiring hospitalisations OR psychotic features