DSMFINAL Flashcards
The difference between neurodevelopmental disorders and neurocognitive disorders is:
The developmental stage of life.
Neurodevelopmental disorders are____________ and neurocognitive disorders are__________________?
- congenital
- occur later in life
5 Neurodevelopmental disorders include:
Intellectual Disability
Communication Disorder
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Attention-Defict/Hyperactivity Disorder
Specific Learning Disabilities
An essential feature/diagnostic criterion of ____ is: persistent impairment in reciprocal social communication and interaction.
Autism Spectrum Disorder
When someone displays a persistent pattern of inattention/hyperactivity-impulsivity that impedes function and development, the diagnosis of ________ is likely.
ADHD
A fixed belief or beliefs that are not amenable to change despite the fact there is conflicting evidence is known as:
A Delusion
These are perception-like experiences that occur without an external stimulus. They can be vivid and clear. They are primarily seen or heard (audio/visual).
Hallucinations
In many ways the required criterion for schizophreniform, schizophrenia, and brief psychotic disorder are the same. The key difference is:
The amount of time in which the symptoms have been present
Schizoaffective Disorder is very similar to Schizophrenia, but also has symptoms of:
a manic or depressed state
T/F Bipolar I is more severe than Bipolar II
False
The main difference between Bipolar I and II is:
The presence of a manic state.
Persistent Depressive Disorder is different from Major Depressive Disorder in that:
The timeframe associated with the symptoms.
Usually for two or more years.
T/F Fear is the emotional response to real or perceived imminent threats.
True
T/F Anxiety can be described as the anticipation of a future threat or event.
True
Anxiety disorders include disorders that share features of:
Both fear and anxiety
Marked, or intense, fear or anxiety of social situations due to possible scrutiny from others:
Social Anxiety Disorder
Anxiety about many things and situations, but not necessarily a “specific” cause
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Agoraphobia
Usually fearful of a specific a location
Selective Mutism
Individual can speak, but generally chooses not to.
Excessive fear or anxiety concerning separation from home or attachment figures.
Separation Anxiety Disorder
T/F There is no difference between a panic attack and a panic disorder.
False
Panic Attacks are________________.
A building block of the panic disorder diagnosis.
Social Anxiety Disorder
The anxiety emanates from the interaction/relationship and perceived scrutiny from others.
T/F OCD and OCPD are the same thing?
False
______ is focused on obsession and compulsions (the behavior). An example is an obsession with germs that compels the person to wash their hands repeatedly and until they are raw/bleeding.
OCD obsesive compulsive disorder.
_______________ is concerned with rigor, perfection, doing things to exact specifications. Often work goes unfinished or it is never good enough.
OCPD obsesive compulsive personality disorder.
More often than not, when someone says I have OCD, they are more accurately referring to symptoms of:
Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder
Intermittent Explosive Disorder can become Conduct Disorder, and Conduct Disorder can become:
Anti-social Personality Disorder
At what age is Antisocial personality disorder diagnosed?
18
T/F Neurocognitive disorders imply the loss of some previous level of functioning.
True
Characterized by a Pattern of pervasive distrust and suspiciousness of others; other motives are malevolent.
Paranoid Personality Disorder
Characterized by a pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, and lack of empathy. Often willing to take advantage of others or even hurt them. They really feel like they are special and deserve everything they get, or if they don’t get it
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Some of the key indicators/criterion refer to an instability in interpersonal relationships, self-image & affect & marked impulsivity
Borderline Personality Disorder
Some of the key indicators/criterion refer to patterns of excessive emotionality and attention seeking (life of the party).
Histrionic Personality Disorder
Characterized by notion of anxiety and fear, this is the ___________ personality disorders.
Cluster C
Often called the dramatic, emotional, and erratic cluster, this is the ___________ personality disorders.
Cluster B
Often called the odd or eccentric cluster, this is the ___________ personality disorders.
Cluster A
The DSM V is organized according to
The Developmental Lifespan.
The recurrent pulling of hair, typically of the hair in the scalp, eyebrows, and eyelashes.
Trichotillomania
The falsification of medical or psychological signs & symptoms in oneself or others. The goal is not to benefit financially, but typically to get the sympathy of others.
Factitious Disorder
Malingering
Done to get something, to gain something. Could be money, could be getting out of jail or military service, etc. But the goal is to “gain” something.
Often associated with pain. Symptoms can be very real for the person even though there is no known medical etiology for the pain.
Somatic Symptom Disorder
Illness Anxiety Disorder
Constant worry about an illness.
True/False
A 25-year old man presents with long-standing nonverbal communication deficits, inability to have back-and-forth conversation or share interests in an appropriate fashion, and a complete lack of interest in having relationships with others. His speech reflects awkward phrasing and intonation and is mechanical in nature. He has a history of sequential fixations and obsessions with various games and objects throughout childhood; however this is not a concern at this time. This individual meets criteria for autism spectrum disorder.
True
A 25 year-old graduate student presents to a psychiatrist complaining of feeling down and “not enjoying anything”. Her symptoms began about a month ago, along with insomnia and poor appetite. She has little interest in activities and is having difficulty in schoolwork. She recalls a similar episode 1 year ago that lasted about two months before improving without treatment. She also reports several episodes of increased energy in the past 2 years; these episodes usually last 1-2 weeks, during which time she is very productive, feels more social and outgoing, and tends to sleep less. Friends tell her that she speaks more rapidly during these episodes but that they do not see it as off-putting and inf act this she seems more outgoing and clever. She has no medical problems and does not take any medications or abuse drugs or alcohol. What is the most likely diagnosis?
Bipolar I disorder, current episode depressed.
Bipolar II disorder, current episode depressed
Bipolar II disorder, current episode depressed
A 31 year-old man narrowly escapes (without injury) from a house fire caused when he dropped a lighter while trying to light his crack pipe. Six week later, while smoking crack, he thinks he smells some smoke and runs from the building in panic, shouting, “It’s on fire!” Which of the following symptoms or circumstances would rule out the diagnosis of PTSD?*Only experiencing the symptoms while smoking crack cocaine.
*Concluding that the world is completely dangerous.
Only experiencing the symptoms while smoking crack cocaine.
In Major Depressive Disorder, Criterion A states that at least Five listed symptoms must present during the same 2-week period and represent a change from previous functioning. It also states that at least one of the symptoms must be either __________ or _________.
- depressed mood
- loss of interest or pleasure
In general, the DSM-5-TR uses Letters when listing ____________ and Arabic numerals when listing _____________.
- Diagnostic Criteria
- Symptoms
Major Depressive Disorder’s Criteria A–C represent _____________.
A major depressive episode.
Mood disorders require that a patient’s presentation is not better explained by a __________ disorder.
psychotic