Anxiety Disorders
Personality Disorders
Mood Disorders
Schizophrenia & Psychotic Disorders
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Name 4 symptoms of a panic attack
What are Accelerated heart rate Sweating Trembling Shortness of breath Feeling of choking Chest pain/discomfort Nausea Dizziness Derealization or depersonalization Fear of going crazy Fear of dying Numbness or tingling Chills or hot flashes
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What constitutes a personality disorder?
What is Enduring patterns of perceiving, relating to, and thinking about the environment and oneself that are exhibited in a wide range of social and personal contexts that are inflexible and maladaptive, and cause significant functional impairment or subjective distress.
100
Bipolar II Disorder is characterized by absence of this type of episode
What is Manic
100
Name 2 of the characteristic symptoms (criterion A) of Schizophrenia.
What are delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, grossly disorganized behavior, and negative symptoms.
100

The 2 most common defenses used by couples with marital problems are...

Projection and Displacement

Projection is when someone attributes their own unacceptable thoughts, feelings, or motives to another person. For instance, if one partner is feeling unfaithful, they might accuse their significant other of being unfaithful instead. 

Displacement is when someone redirects their thoughts or feelings from a person or situation that gives rise to these feelings to another person or situation which is less threatening.For example, a person might vent out their anger at their partner instead of addressing it towards their boss who is the real source of their anger.


200
How is Generalized Anxiety Disorder different from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder?
What is Obsessional thoughts are more than excessive worries about everyday problems & intrusions that take the form of urges, impulses, and are accompanied by compulsions that serve to reduce anxiety
200
What differentiates Avoidant PD from Antisocial PD?
What is Dependent PD is a pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to criticism. Antisocial PD is a pattern of disregard for a violation of the rights of others.
200
What is important to rule out prior to a diagnosis of Mood Disorder?
What is Symptoms are not due to direct physiological effect of: Substance abuse, general medical condition
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Patients with this disorder experience delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, or grossly disorganized or catatonic bx for at least 1 day and less than 1 month, with eventual complete recovery
What is Brief Psychotic Disorder
200

A 24 yr old woman complains of depressed mood. She tells the social worker that she has felt this way the past 2-3 yrs. She has little energy for social or work activities, has difficulty making decisions and concentrating, and has poor appetite. There are no delusions or hallucinations. Her most likely DSM IV diagnosis is?

(a) Dysthymic disorder 

(b) Bipolar disorder, depressed 

(c) Cyclothymic disorder 

(d) Major depression, recurrent

300
Name 2 specific phobia specifiers
What are Animal type Natural Environment type Blood-Injection-Injury type Situational Type
300
Which disorders fall into Cluster B, and how do these individuals tend to appear?
What are Antisocial, Borderline, Histrionic and Narcissistic. Individuals appear dramatic, emotional or erratic.
300
A person meets criteria for a Manic Episode if mood symptoms persist for 1 week or…
What is For any duration if hospitalization is necessary
300
What criteria is necessary for a diagnosis of Shared psychotic disorder?
What is a development of a delusion that is similar in content to the already-established delusion of another person with whom they have a close relationship.
300
Individuals with this disorder suddenly and unexpectedly travel away from their home or place of work, during which they can't recall their past, are confused about identity and may assume new identity.
What is Dissociative Fugue.
400
How long does anxiety have to be present to merit a diagnosis of Generalized Anxiety Disorder?
What is 6 months
400
Differentiate between Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
What is OCD requires true obsessions and compulsions, and may also involve hoarding. OCPD is characterized by a preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and mental interpersonal control. It is possible to meet criteria for both.
400
What two criteria must be present for a diagnosis of Major Depressive Episode?
What are Depressed mood and loss of interest or pleasure
400
What is necessary for a diagnosis of Schizoaffective Disorder?
What is the presence of a Major Depressive Episode, a Manic Episode, or a Mixed Episode concurrent with symptoms that meet Criterion A for Schizophrenia.
400
A score of zero on the GAF is noted if…
What is there is not adequate information
500
If a new client comes in reporting recent nightmares, lapses in memory, decreased participation in significant activities, feelings of detachment from others, trouble concentrating and difficulty sleeping, what clarifying diagnostic questions might you want to ask?
What is has there been a recent trauma?
500
What is the difference between Schizoid and Schizotypal personality disorders?
What is Schizotypal PD is characterized by the presence of cognitive or perceptual distortions and marked eccentricity or oddness.
500
Name two mood disorders that require presence of depressed mood for at least 2 years…
What are Dysthymic Disorder and Cyclothymic Disorder
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What differentiates a diagnosis of Schizophreniform and Schizophrenia?
What is with Schizophreniform the symptoms have lasted at least 1 month but less than 6 months.
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Name the 4 subtypes of Schizophrenia
What are Catatonic, Disorganized, Paranoid, Residual, & Undifferentiated
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