DSM Revisions
In the DSM-V, an individual exhibiting multiple distinct personalities that would control them at different times is referred to as Dissociative Identity Disorder, or DID. This is what the disorder is referred to in prior DSM editions.
What is Multi-Personality Disorder?
These are the 3 "Ps" that represent criteria for a personality disorder.
What are problematic, persistent, and pervasive?
What is a phobia?
This is the name of a disorder that means "split mind."
What is schizophrenia?
This is a psychoanalytic therapy technique involving having a patient speak out loud all of the random thoughts and phrases in their head in efforts to draw out unconscious conflicts.
What is free association?
This institution withdrew support, funding and research from the DSM after the publication of the DSM-V.
What is the NIMH (or National Institute of Mental Health)
Mrs. Flam washes her hands every time she touches a doorknob or shakes someone's hand. This is the term for the disorder she may have.
What is a hypochondriac?
Jonah has experienced 3 months of constant nightmares and anxiety after witnessing his pet goldfish being cooked by his dad. This is the anxiety disorder he may be experiencing.
What is PTSD?
These are the two states that a patient with bipolar disorder shifts between.
What are depressive and manic states?
This is an attitude developed by Carl Rogers that humanistic therapists view all of their patients with.
What is an unconditional positive regard?
This is the perspective and concepts that the DSM-I are based off of.
What is Freudian principles (or psychodynamic perspective)?
Pierce is secretly a serial murderer of worms in his backyard. He tortures them by drowning them in mayo and cutting them into tiny pieces with no regard for the worm's feelings :( This is the personality disorder he may have.
What is anti-social disorder?
What is a compulsion?
This is considered the "common cold" of mental illness.
What is depression?
This is a cognitive therapeutic method that directly challenges and debates the negative or irrational thoughts and beliefs of a patient.
This is the year the DSM-III was published.
What was 1980?
This personality disorder has exclusively been seen in western culture, and has experienced a substantial increase in diagnosis in the 20th and 21st century.
What is DID (or dissociative identity disorder)?
Smokers have a doubled risk to this disorder.
What is panic disorder?
This is the category that the symptoms of a vocal flat affect and emotional/social withdrawal due to schizophrenia fall under.
What are negative symptoms?
This ancient therapy technique involved drilling holes in the patient's skull in order to free demons and other evil forces from the mind.
What is Trephination?
These are the issues that Axis IV in the DSM-IV TR covers.
What is psychosocial and environmental issues?
What is 11 percent?
This is the brain circuit most commonly associated with anxiety disorders.
John has had a relatively low self-esteem, moderately negative or somber thoughts, and struggles to find energy to do things frequently. He's struggled with these symptoms for 4 years straight. This is the mood disorder he's most likely diagnosed with.
What is persistent depressive disorder?
This is the neurotransmitter most commonly used to control generalized anxiety disorder and other stress related disorders.
What is Gaba?