General Knowledge
This is the full name of the DSM-5.
what is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth-Edition?
This is the age symptoms are required to be noticeable by for a diagnosis of ADHD
What is 12?
This is one way to know that anxiety is a disorder, rather than typical
What is any of:
1) it's lasted at least 6 months
2) it's pervasive and persistent
3) It is out of the realm of an expected/typical response to a situation
This is how often symptoms must occur for children 5+
What is at least once per week for six months
What is MDD lasts 2 weeks or longer, PDD lasts 1 year or longer. Also correct: MDD is more severe, while PDD is more mild
These are some of the biggest challenges in administering a K-SADS.
What are time management, comorbidity, interview skills and/or how to interview teens who don't want to talk to you?
These are the three presentations of ADHD.
What is inattentive, hyperactive/impulsive, and combined?
What is to feel anxiety about a number of different things in different contexts?
If a child behaves negatively only towards this person, it doesn't count for an ODD diagnosis
What is a sibling
These are key ways of differentiating mania versus hypomania
What is mania lasts at least a week or includes hospitalization, while hypomania lasts at least 4 days and has no hospitalization. Hypomania is also milder, not dangerous, and not significantly impairing, and no psychosis.
This is why the intro interview is important.
These symptoms are all seen in ADHD, Anxiety and Depressive Disorders.
What are psychomotor agitation, diminished ability to think and concentrate, sleep difficulties
What is the fear includes thoughts of the opinions or experiences of other people?
ODD causes distress to any or all of the following
Who are the child, family, friends, and/or teachers
These are verbally expressed symptoms of mania/hypomania
What is talking more than usual, pressured speech, flight of ideas, and grandiosity?
This is what to do if between two codes (ie 2 or 3) during an interview.
This is how you ask about ADHD symptoms if a child is medicated.
What is "what's different if they're not on their meds or miss a dose"?
This is the easiest way to differentiate Selective Mutism from a Speech, Language, or Learning Disorder
What is it's selective (i.e., can speak fluently in some contexts but not others).
ODD causes problems in these contexts
What are home, school, and/or social?
This is the most awkward symptom of mania to interview around
what is hypersexuality?
If a disorder is better explained by any of these three criteria, a diagnosis is not indicated.
What is a substance (including medication), another medical condition, or another psychiatric disorder?
These are how many symptoms that are required to meet a diagnosis of ADHD
These are the physiological symptoms of GAD (name at least 3)
What is:
Restlessness, keyed up or on edge
Easily fatigued
Muscle Tension
Sleep Disturbance
Bonus: headaches and GI symptoms
These are the three symptom clusters of ODD
What is anger/irritable mood, argumentative/defiant behavior, and vindictiveness?
What is the duration of symptoms, the impairment from symptoms, and the number of symptoms?