Anxiety Disorders
For Generalized Anxiety Disorder in adults, excessive anxiety and worry must occur more days than not for at least this length of time.
What is 6 months?
A Major Depressive Episode requires at least this many symptoms during the same 2 week period.
What is 5 symptoms?
For PTSD, symptoms must last longer than this amount of time.
What is 1 month?
For ADHD, several symptoms must have been present before this age.
What is age 12?
To diagnose Antisocial Personality Disorder, the person must be at least this age.
What is 18 years old?
To meet criteria for GAD in adults, the person must have difficulty controlling the worry and show at least these associated symptoms: restlessness, fatigue, concentration problems, irritability, muscle tension, or sleep disturbance. DOUBLE POINTS!
What is 3 symptoms?
A hypomanic episode must last at least this long.
What is 4 consecutive days?
Acute Stress Disorder can be diagnosed when symptoms last within this time range after the trauma. DOUBLE POINTS!
What is 3 days to 1 month?
A child has average intelligence, wants friends, speaks fluently, but misses social cues, has highly restricted interests, and becomes distressed by changes in routine. The most likely diagnosis is this.
What is Autism Spectrum Disorder?
Antisocial Personality Disorder also requires evidence of this disorder before age 15.
What is Conduct Disorder?
A client has recurrent unexpected panic attacks. To meet Panic Disorder criteria, the attacks must be followed by at least 1 month of either persistent concern about more attacks or this second required feature. .
What is performance only?
A manic episode must last at least this long, unless hospitalization is required.
What is 1 week?
A client develops intrusive memories, hypervigilance, avoidance, and sleep disturbance 1 week after a serious car accident. This diagnosis fits better than PTSD because of the time frame.
What is Acute Stress Disorder?
A child has social communication deficits but does not show restricted or repetitive behaviors. This diagnosis should be considered instead of Autism Spectrum Disorder.
What is Social Communication Disorder?
This personality disorder is marked by grandiosity, need for admiration, and lack of empathy.
What is Narcissistic Personality Disorder?
A client has panic attacks only when entering a subway and does not fear having attacks in other settings. This diagnosis is more likely than Panic Disorder.
What is Specific Phobia, situational type?
A client reports 6 days of decreased need for sleep, inflated self esteem, more talkativeness, and increased goal directed activity, but no marked impairment or hospitalization. This is best described as this type of episode.
What is a hypomanic episode?
A client becomes depressed and anxious after a divorce, but symptoms do not meet full criteria for another disorder and began within 3 months of the stressor. This diagnosis is most likely.
What is Adjustment Disorder?
A child struggles with word reading accuracy, spelling, and reading fluency despite adequate instruction and normal intellectual functioning. This diagnosis is most likely. DOUBLE POINTS!
What is Specific Learning Disorder?
A client has unstable relationships, fear of abandonment, chronic emptiness, and recurrent self harming behavior. This diagnosis is most likely.
What is Borderline Personality Disorder?
A client avoids elevators, airplanes, and crowded theaters because she fears becoming trapped and unable to escape if panic symptoms begin. This diagnosis is more likely than Specific Phobia because the fear centers on escape being difficult across multiple settings.
What is Agoraphobia?
This depressive disorder involves chronic low mood for at least 2 years in adults. DOUBLE POINTS!
What is Persistent Depressive Disorder?
A child with a history of neglect rarely seeks comfort when upset and shows minimal response when comfort is offered. This diagnosis is most likely.
What is Reactive Attachment Disorder?
This diagnosis requires deficits in intellectual functioning and adaptive functioning beginning during the developmental period. DOUBLE POINTS!
What is Intellectual Disability?
A client is theatrical, highly attention seeking, and uncomfortable when not the center of attention. The most likely diagnosis is this.
What is Histrionic Personality Disorder?