Overview of psychiatric conditions

Question 1

What is the ABC of clinically significant disturbance?

Answer 1

Affect
Behaviour
Disturbance

Question 2

What is the DSM5?

Answer 2

Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders

Question 3

What does the diagnostic criteria include?

Answer 3

• Symptoms
• Behaviours
• Cognitive function
• Personality traits
• Physical signs
• Syndrome combinations
• Duration

Question 4

Whats the limitations of the DSM5?

Answer 4

 Cluster of symptoms not etiology
(think about the many causes for pain in chest)
 Does not give prognosis
 Doesn’t account for genetic factors
 Artificial divide between categories and
normality
 Cultural and Social bias
 Medicalization of human distress

Question 5

What are the pyramid of syndromes?

Answer 5

Dilirium
Dementia
Psychosis
Mood
Anxiety

++ Personality
++ Mood
++ Drugs
++ Development

Question 6

What is the acronym for borderline personality disorder?

Answer 6

• Abandonment
• Mood Instability
• Suicide/harm
• Unstable/intense relationships
• Impulsivity
• Control of anger
• Identity disturbance
• Dissociatve
• Empty