what are you afraid of?
This diagnosis is the fear of being away from a primary caregiver or attachment figure.
What is separation anxiety disorder?
In this diagnosis symptoms persist for more than one month after a traumatic event
What is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)?
This type of episode is common but not required in a bipolar I diagnosis.
What is hypomanic or Major Depressive episodes?
This is the diagnoses given to a 14 year old boy who dscribes himsef as feeling "down" all of the time for the past year -minus 4 weeks during the summer when he was at a summer camp - and who reports poor concentration, feelings of hopelessness, and low self-esteem but denies feeling suicidal.
What is Persistent Depressive Disorder (with early onset)?
This diagnosis is given during childhood to children at least 9 months old (developmentally) but with the following symptoms evident before age 5:
emotionally withdrawn from caregivers
Persistant social and emotional disturbance
patterns of insufficient care
What is Reactive Attachment Disorder?
This diagnosis is the fear of public or social places not due to fear of scrutiny from others but because of fear of getting away or having a panic attack
What is agoraphobia?
What is the maximum number of days in which Acute Stress Disorder can persist before you must consider a PTSD diagnoses.
What is 30?
In a bipolar II diagnosis the client has never experienced one of these.
What is a manic episode?
In this diagnosis of depressed mood, adults must have symptoms continuously for 2 years (without a break of more than 2 months) while only 1 year in children.
What is Persistent Depressive Disorder?
In children older than 6 years of age, this may be a sign of recurrent, involuntary, and intrusive distressing memories of the traumatic event(s).
What is repetitive play in which themes or aspects of the traumatic event(s) are expressed?
This diagnosis is the fear of having a panic attack
What is Panic Disorder
How long does irritability need to be present in order for children to qualify for a diagnosis of disruptive mood dysregulation disorder?
What is 12 months?
Persistently present with breaks of no more than 3 consecutive months in the defining 12-month period
An adult male reports 1 week of feeling unusually irritable, increased energy (can't sit still) despite sleeping less. He is easily distracted and cannot complete a task. No drugs or medical condition causing his symptoms. What kind of episode is he experiencing?
What is a Manic Episode?
With this diagnosis a child has had outburst 3 or more times a week that are not consistent with her developmental level and they have been present for 12 or more months. Teachers note that she seems angry most days. Parents report she has not had a period lasting 3 or more consecutive months without all of the symptoms.
What is Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder?
In acute stress disorder, this is a category of symptoms which includes
Efforts to avoid distressing memories, thoughts, or feelings about or closely associated with the traumatic event(s).
What are Avoidance Symptoms?
With this disorder you may fail to speak because of fear of negative evaluation, but they do not fear negative evaluation in social situations where no speaking is required
What is selective mutism?
How long do symptoms need to be present in order to diagnosis a client with Major Depressive Disorder?
What is 2 weeks?
For this specifier in the Bipolar and Related Disorders section, the criteria are met both for a manic or hypomanic episode and for at least 3 symptoms of a major depressive episode during at least a 1-week period OR criteria are met for a major depressive episode and for a least 3 symptoms of mania or hypomania
What is the Mixed Feature Specifier?
When looking at a major deppressive disorder diagnosis for adolecents/children this behavior may be in place of depressed mood.
What is irritable mood?
This diagnosis has, but is not limited to, the following criteria:
The development of emotional or behavioral symptoms in response to an identifiable stressor(s) occurring within 3 months of the onset of the stressor(s).
Significant impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.
Once the stressor or its consequences have terminated, the symptoms do not persist for more than an additional 6 months.
What is adjustment disorder?
With this disorder you are preoccupied with one or more perceived defects or flaws in their physical appearance that are not observable or appear slight to others; this preoccupation often causes social anxiety and avoidance.
What is body dysmorphic disorder?
In children and adults, the duration of symptoms for a specific phobia diagnosis must last at least this long.
What is 6 months?
This is a case of co-morbid diagnosis in which a client with Bipolar I disorder reports chronic depressive symptoms that proceeded his manic episodes. He describes the symptoms as feeling down, with decreased energy, and low motivation. Length of time for symptoms is over 2 years. He denies other depressive symptoms but acknowledges the symptoms affected his marriage.
What are Bipolar I disorder and Persistent Depressive Disorder?
With a major depressive disorder diagnosis this specifier with severity is given when a person also has three of the following symptoms.
feeling keyed up or tense.
Feeling unusually restless.
Difficulty concentrating because of worry.
Fear that something awful may happen.
Feeling that the individual might lose control of himself or herself.
What is With anxious distress moderate?
This diagnosis, with ALL of its specifiers, shares symptoms with Reactive Attachment disorder but differs in that the child actively approaches and interacts with unfamiliar adults as a result of insufficient care and attachment. The symptoms have persisted for 23 months and are extreme in its manifestation such that the child readily agrees to leave public places with unknown adults.
What is Disinhibited Social Engagement Disorder - persistent, severe?