DSM5 Mnemonics Flashcards
PTSD
Stressor (Trauma is defined as actual or threatened death, serious injury or sexual trauma)
- Direct (Experience, Witness)
- Indirect (Learn, Repeated exposure to aversive details)
Intrusive Re-Experiencing
- Reactivity
- Recurring flashbacks
- Recall intrusive memories
- Dreams
- Distress
Avoidance
- Internal stimuli
- External reminders
Alteration in emotion and cognition
- False cognitions
- Recall failure
- Affective negative
- Interest diminished/ inability for pleasure
- Detachment
Arousal and Reactivity
- Sleep
- Concentration
- Anger/ Irritability
- Reckless/ Really vigilant
- Exaggerated startle response
Depression
5/9
Sleep
Interest (anhedonia)
Guilt
Energy
Mood (depressed)
Concentration
Appetite
Psychomotor change
Suicide
BPAD
Euphoria, expansive 3/7 > 7 days
Irritability 4/7 >7 days
Distractibility
Indiscretion
Guilt
Flight of ideas
Activity
Sleep decreased
Talkativeness
Persistent Depressive Disorder
Low mood 2 years, no more than 2 months free
2/5
Appetite change
Concentration
Hopelessness
Energy
Worthlessness
Sleep up or down
Specify
Pure Dysthymic Syndrome
Persistent MDE
Intermittent MDE with or without current episode)
Disturbance of Self Organization
Emotion - Dysregulation or Numbing
Self - Self loathing, worthlessness, guilt, shame
Relationships - Detachment, instability
Dissociative Identity Disorder
A
- personality altered (2 or more)
- possession (in certain cultures)
- disturbance in
- self agency or sense of self associated with
- affect
- behaviors
- cognition, consciousness
- memory
- perception
- sensory-motor function
B
- amnesia/ forgetting
- traumatic memory
- personal information
- gaps of time
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
6 months or more of excess disproportionate worry/ anxiety about a number of events
Unable to control
3/6 - Symptoms
Muscle tension
Fatigue
Concentration
Restlessness, keyed up, on edge
Irritability
Sleep disturbance
6 evidence based psychotherapies according to MDcpg
- CBT
- IPT
- Short term PP
- Behavioral Activation therapy
- Problem Solving Therapy
- Nondirective Supportive therapy
OCD Behaviors and Criteria
Washing and Straightening Make Clean Houses
Washing
Straightening (Ordering)
Mental Acts (Counting, Praying, Magical words)
Checking
Hoarding
Thoughts RIDE TIME Acts reduce TIME
A
- Repetitive, recurrent
- Intrusive unwanted
- Distress provoking
- Erasure through compulsions
B
- Repetitively performed, rigidly applied
- Reduce anxiety
C
tIMe consuming (functional impact or consumes >1hr per day)
BPD
5/9
I DESPAIRR
Identity
Dysregulation
Emptiness
Suicidality
Paranoia and Dissociation
Abandonment
Impulsivity
Rage
Relationships
ASPD
3/7
Conformity to law lacking
Obligations ignored
Reckless disregard for safety of others
Remorse lacking
Underhanded (deceitful, lies, cons)
Planning poor (impulsive)
Temper
> 18 yo
CD < 15 yo
Conduct Disorder
3/15 12 months with at least 1/15 in last 6 months
4 domains
Aggression to People and Animals
Deceitfulness or Theft
Destruction of Property
Serious violations of Rules
Specify if Limited Prosocial Emotions
- Lack of remorse
- Callous - lack of empathy
- Unconcerned about performance
- Shallow or deficient affect
Histrionic Personality Disorder
5/8
Provocative or seductive behaviour
Relationships - More intimate then actuality
Attention - Needs to be at the centre
Influenced - Impressionable, easily influenced
Speech - Impressionistic, vague, lacks detail
Emotionally - labile and shallow
Make up - Physical appearance to draw attention to self
Exageration - emotions, theatrical, dramatic.
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
5/9
SPE3CIAL
Special (belief about oneself)
Preoccupied by fantasies (power, success, brilliance)
Envy (of others or being targeted as the source of envy)
Entitlement
Excessive need for admiration
Conceited (grandiose self importance)
Interpersonally exploitative
Arrogant and Haughty
Lacks empathy
What cognitive domains are tested in MCI?
Memory
Language
Executive function
Visuospatial
Attention
