Into DSM V

Question 1

What types of disorders fall under the early lifespan category of DSM-5?

Answer 1

Neurodevelopment and schizophrenia spectrum (internalizing factors)

Question 2

What types of disorders are organized under the adolescent and young adulthood category of DSM-5?

Answer 2

Bipolar, depression, and anxiety disorders (externalizing factors)

Question 3

What types of disorders are organized in the adulthood and later life section of DSM-5?

Answer 3

Neurocognitive disorders

Question 4

Diagnostic criteria

Answer 4

Offers guidelines for making decisions and their use should be in connection with clinical judgement

Question 5

Descriptors

Answer 5

Help support the diagnosis, provides a differential diagnosis, and describes the criteria in more detail under “diagnostic features”

Question 6

Subtypes

Answer 6

Define mutually exclusive and jointly exhaustive phenomenological subgroupings within a diagnosis

Question 7

Specifiers

Answer 7

Not mutually exclusive or jointly exhaustive so there can be more than one; can indicate course (partial vs full remission) and severity (intensity, frequency, duration)

Question 8

Principle diagnosis (inpatient setting)

Answer 8

Condition established after study to be chiefly responsible for admisssion

Question 9

Principle diagnosis (outpatient setting)

Answer 9

Reason for the visit; diagnosis attached to any service given during that visit

Question 10

Provisional diagnosis

Answer 10

Used when there is a strong presumption that the full criteria will be met but not enough information is currently available to make a firm diagnosis