DSM

Question 0

What categorizes schizophrenia

Answer 0

Psychosis/positive symptoms ( delusions, hallucinations and disordered thinking and speech etc) and negative symptoms ( no desire to socialize, no motivation, isolate themselves). Negative symptoms are the ones which keep a schizophrenic from living a productive life. With each breakdown function does not return to normal. These cannot be treated with medication.

Question 1

List the categories of diseases in the DSM

Answer 1

Neurodevelopmental ds, schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic ds, bipolar and related ds, depressive ds, anxiety ds, OCD and related ds, trauma and stressor related ds, dissociative ds, somatic symptom and related ds, feeding and eating ds, elimination ds, sleep-wake ds, sexual dysfx ds, gender dysphoria, impulse disruptive impulse control and conduct ds, substance related and addictive ds, neurogenic ds, personality ds, paraphillic ds, other mental ds, medication induced movement ds, other conditions that might be a focus of clinical ATT.

Question 2

Define cultural syndrome

Answer 2

Cluster/group of co-occurring symptoms found in a specific cultural group/community/context

Question 3

Define a cultural idiom of distress

Answer 3

Linguistic term/phrase/way of talking about suffering among individuals of same culture

Question 4

What is a cultural explanation

Answer 4

An explanation/perceived cause/label. An explanatory model that provides a cause for symptoms, illness or distress.

Question 5

What are the subcategories of schizophrenia?

Answer 5

Schizophrenia:
Paranoid subtype- auditory hallucinations or delusions about persecution or conspiracy.
Disorganized subtype- disorganization of thought processes.
Catatonic- person is withdrawn, mute, negative
Residual- no delusions or hallucinations but has no motivation or interest in life
Schizoaffective- schizophrenic and major mood ds symptoms eg depression.

Question 6

Describe the three clusters of personality according to the DSM.

Answer 6

A-‘mad’. Paranoid, schizoid, odd and withdrawn.
B- ‘bad’. Narcissistic, antisocial, histononic (dramatic), borderline (borders on cluster of disorders)
C- ‘sad’. Dependent, avoidant, obsessive, compulsive,
Personality ds is not diagnosed before 18.