Differential Diagnoses
Diagnostic Criteria
Diagnostic Codes
DSM-IV-TR Text
100
What is the primary difference between Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia and Panic Disorder without Agoraphobia?
The presence or absence of Agoraphobia
100
How long must the symptoms persist in order to be considered a Panic Attack?
10 minutes
100
Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia
300.21
100
On what page of the DSM-IV-TR can one read about the familial pattern of Panic Disorder?
pg 437
200
Can an individual be diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Social Phobia concurrently?
Yes
200
True or False A person diagnosed with Social Phobia believes their fears are rational and appropriate.
False
200
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
300.3
200
True or False More women experience a Specific Phobia than men.
True
300
During a panic attack, how many of 13 symptoms must be experienced?
Four or more
300
Regarding Specific Phobia, how long must symptoms persist for individuals at the age of 14?
At least six months
300
Specific Phobia of vomiting
300.29, Other Type
300
In which type of twins is it more likely for them both to experience Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder?
Monozygotic
400
When would the specifier "With Poor Insight" be used to describe an individual with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder?
When the individual does not recognize that their obsessions or compulsions are unreasonable or excessive.
400
Describe the difference between an obsession and a compulsion.
Obsession - recurrent, intrusive, and persistent thoughts, impulses, or images that cause marked anxiety or distress Compulsion - repetitive behaviors or mental acts that the person feels driven to perform in response to an obsession, or according to rules that must be applied rigidly
400
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Acute with Delayed Onset
309.81 Acute with Delayed Onset
400
Describe the Course of Acute Stress Disorder.
Symptoms emerge during or immediately after the trauma, last for at least two days, and either resolve with one month or the diagnosis is changed.
500
How can it be determined whether anxiety during a mood disorder warrants an additional anxiety disorder diagnosis or is a symptom of the mood disorder?
Anxiety occurring exclusively during the course of a mood disorder is not diagnosed separately.
500
Persistent reexperiencing, persistent avoidance, and increased arousal describe symptoms of what disorder?
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
500
Agoraphobia
Agoraphobia is not a codable disorder.
500
Of available studies targeting at-risk individuals, the highest rates of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder were found to be experienced by survivors of what traumas? Name two.
Rape, military combat and captivity, ethnically or politically motivated internment or genocide
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