DSM-5 Overview Flashcards
Abnormal Behavior
Deviation from social norms, or maladaptive behavior that interferes with optimal functioning and growth of the individual, and ultimately society.
5 Views of Human Mind and Nature that Reveal the Psychological Perspective
- Psychoanalytic
- Behavioristic
- Humanistic
- Existential
- Interpersonal
DSM-5
Uses a diagnostic system to classify patterns of abnormal behavior. (22 diagnostic clusters).
Severity Index: Mild
Few, if any, symptoms in excess of those required to make the diagnosis are present. Intensity of symptoms is distressing, but manageable, and the symptoms result in minor impairment in social or occupational functioning.
Severity Index: Moderate
The number of symptoms, intensity of symptoms, and/or functional impairment are between those specified for mild and severe.
Severity Index: Severe
The number of symptoms is substantially in excess of that required to make the diagnosis. The intensity of the symptoms is seriously distressing and unmanageable, and the symptoms markedly interfere with social and occupational functioning.
Nine categories of symptoms
(Twinkle twinkle) First we have emotional concern, compulsive actions, impulsive too. Then marked hyperactivity, learning problems, neuromuscular involvement. Cognitive disturbances, physical complaints, sleep problems. Nine symptoms.
Duration Key Words
All the time, comes and goes, last Thursday, a month ago
Intensity Key Words
Strong, a little bit, disabling, weak, a whole lot
How do personality disorders and IDD differ from other disorders?
They last longer, do not change much over time, and are integral to the individual’s interaction with the world.
Personality Disorder
A lasting pattern of behavior and inner experience that markedly deviates from the norms of the client’s culture.
What are the different areas personality disorder can be exhibited in?
2 of the following:
1. Affect
2. Cognition
3. Impulse control
4. Interpersonal functioning
What are two hallmarks of personality diagnoses?
- Early onset (adolescence into adulthood)
- Personality pattern occurs under all situations: home, work, on vacation.
What should you think when there is a medical condition like a brain injury or HIV/AIDS?
Will this condition affect the individuals functioning?
How do they affect the planning of potential tx?
Psychosocial and Environmental Stressors
Must represent current issues faced by the client. What has changed in the client’s life during the past year?
Problem-Solving Skills
An important coping resource enabling people to handle issues posed by stressors. Seek info, progress to identification of the problem, then determine possible solutions.
Social Skills
An important coping resource because social interaction is a component of many stressful situations.
Groupings of Stressors
Family, work, and education
Identify the Disorder
- What are the symptoms?
- What is their duration?
- What is the intensity?
Affective Symptoms of Mania Disorder
Extreme high spirits and elevated moods or low spirits with anger and irritability.