DSM Basics
The most recent version of the manual used by mental health professionals to classify disorders.
What is DSM-5-TR?
The number of symptoms required for a Major Depressive Episode.
What is five symptoms for two weeks?
The duration required for GAD diagnosis.
What is six months?
Intrusive, unwanted thoughts or images that cause distress.
What are obsessions?
PTSD belongs to this DSM-5-TR category.
What is Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders?
Its primary purpose is to provide standardized diagnostic criteria.
What is “to classify mental disorders”?
The duration required for Persistent Depressive Disorder.
What is two years?
The minimum number of symptoms for a panic attack.
What is four?
Repetitive behaviors or mental acts performed to reduce anxiety.
What are compulsions?
One principle of trauma-informed care.
What is safety (or trust, choice, collaboration, empowerment)?
Two professions that commonly use DSM-5-TR.
What are psychiatry and occupational therapy?
The pediatric disorder characterized by chronic irritability and temper outbursts.
What is Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)?
Two situations required for Agoraphobia diagnosis.
What are open spaces and enclosed spaces (or crowds, transport)?
The first-line treatment for OCD in Canada.
What is ERP and SSRIs?
The grounding technique that uses five senses.
What is 5-4-3-2-1?
The three layers of stigma identified in the lecture.
What are stereotype, prejudice, and discrimination?
The medication noted for reducing suicide risk in bipolar disorder.
What is lithium?
Common physical signs of Social Anxiety Disorder.
What are blushing and sweating (or trembling, nausea)?
A DSM-5-TR specifier for OCD related to awareness of symptoms.
What is insight (good/fair, poor, absent)?
One Indigenous healing practice mentioned in the lecture.
What is smudging (or talking circles, land-based therapy)?
The reason DSM is considered the world standard for mental health classification.
What is “shared language and consistency across care teams”?
Two examples of activities used in Behavioral Activation.
What are gardening and music (or other meaningful activities)?
Separation Anxiety Disorder applies only to children.
What is False?
The disorder characterized by preoccupation with perceived physical flaws.
What is Body Dysmorphic Disorder?
In a psychosis scenario where a resident fears food poisoning, one TA action within scope.
What is “validate feelings and report to nursing” (or ensure safety and document)?