DSM Flashcards
Adjustment disorder criteria
A. within 3 months onset
B. marked distress + impacts on functional
C. NOT meeting criteria for others = CANNOT be diagnosed with others
D. Not normal
E. Gone once stressor gone - cannot persist for more than 6 months
Adjustment disorder vs PTSD vs Acute stress disorder
Can be diagnosed immediately
PTSD and acute stress: requires symptom severity and types (following a traumatic event)
Adjustment vs normative stress reactions
Magnitude of distress exceeds normal
Adjustment disorder vs depression vs anxiety
Has specifiers for both anxiety and depression
Have to meet full criteria for anxiety or depression
Major depressive disorder
A. 5 or more - 2 week
- depressed mood
- loss interest
- weight change 5%
- insomnia or hypersomnia
- agitation or retardation
- fatigue, loss energy
- feeling worthless, guilt
- decreased ability to think, concentrate
- thoughts of death
B. Impairments
C. No substance or medication
D. Not better explained by x
E. No manic or hypomanic episodes
MDD vs bipolar
No mani or hypermania
MDD vs ADHD
- distractibility and low frustration
- co-morbid
- primary disturbance - depression = sadness and loss of interest
ADHD = irritability
MDD vs sadness
Duration, severity and impacts (depression more)
Bipolar I - Manic episode
A. At least 1 week, most day
B. 3 or more:
- inflated self esteem
- decreased need for sleep
- more talkative
- flight of ideas
- distractibility
- increase goal-directed activities
- excessive involvement in activities
C. Mood disturbance
D. No substance
Bipolar I - hypomanic episode
A. Mini mania - not as intense - at least 4 consecutive days
B. 3 or more:
- inflated self esteem
- decreased need for sleep
- more talkative
- flight of ideas
- distractibility
- increase goal-directed activities
- excessive involvement in activities
C. Uncharacteristic of the person
D. Change in mood and function observed by others
E. Impairments - NO NEED for hospital
(If there is psychotic feature —> manic)
F. No substance
Bipolar I - depressive episode
same as depression
Bipolar I
Mania
MAY have depressive OR hypomania
Psychotic features
Bipolar II
Depressive (current or past) and hypomania
NO mania
MUST NOT ever had manic episode
MUST have depression
Mania vs hypomania
Mania: can be with psychotic features
Hypomania: no psychotic features
Mania: hospitalisation and persisted at least 1 week
Hypomania: not require hospitalisation, will need to have persisted for 4 days
Generalised anxiety GAD
A. Excessive worry, most days, at least 6 months
B. Hard to control worry
C. 3 or more (only 1 for children)
- restlessness
- easily fatigued
- difficulty concentrating or mind blanks
- irritability
- muscle tension
- sleep disturbance
D. Impairments
E. No substance or others
F. Not better explained by Social phobia, panic disorder, OCD, Separation anxiety, PTSD, Anorexia, somatic, schiz
Separation anxiety
A. Inappropriate fear of being separated from attached figure evidenced by 3 or more:
- recurrent distress when separated from home and attached figure
- worry about losing attached figure
- worry about experience event causing separation
- refusing and reluctance to go out, away from home
- fear of being alone without major figure
- reluctance to sleep away
- repeated nightmares theme of separation
- repeated complaints of physical symptoms when being separated
B. At least 4 weeks in children and 6+ months for adults
C. Impairment
D. Not better explained by ASD, psychotic, agoraphobia, GAD, illness anxiety
Social anxiety
A. Fear of social situations (being criticised)
B. Fear of showing symptoms and being evaluated
C. Almost always when being in social situations
D. Avoided and endured
E. More than actual threat
F. More than 6 months
G. Impairments
H. No substance
I. Not explained by panic, body dysmorphic, autism
Specify: performance only
Panic disorder
A. Recurrent unexpected panic attacks - 4 or more
- Pounding heart
- sweating
- trembling, shaking
- shortness or breath
- choking
- chest pain
- nausea
- dizzy
- numbness and tingling
- decrealization
- fear of loss control
- fear of dying
B. At least one attacks followed by 1+ month of (both)
- persistent worry about having panic attacks
- maladaptive change in behaviours
C. No substance
D. Not better explained by social phobia, specific phobia, ocd, ptsd, separation anxiety
Anxiety disorders
GAD: multiple domains, cannot be controlled
Separation: being separated from attached figure
Social: social situations, being criticised, embarrassed
Panic: having panic attacks, changes of behaviour to avoid this
Agoraphobia: being outside home in 2+ situations, not being able to escape, help not available
Specific phobia: avoiding objects/ circumstances
Somatic symptom disorder
A. 1+ somatic symptoms causing distress or disruption
B. Excessive thoughts, feelings, behaviours - one of the following:
- persistent thoughts about seriousness of symptoms
- high level of anxiety
- time and energy devoted to health concerns
C. State of being symptomatic is 6+ months
Can occur in anxiety - tend to be acute
Main source of anxiety is not about somatic symptoms
OCD
A. Obsessions, compulsions or both
Obsessions (both)
- persistent thoughts, urges or images - causing anxiety or distress
- attempts to ignore or suppress
Compulsions (both)
- repetitive behaviour - responding to obsession, must be applied rigidly
- aim to reduce or prevent anxiety
B. Time consuming, impairment
C. No substance
D. Not better explained by others
OCD vs anxiety
Anxiety does not have obsession, compulsions and rituals