Diagnostic Criteria
This Blank is the primary guide used in the U.S. for diagnosing mental disorders.
What is the DSM-5-TR?
Distinguishing between unipolar depression and this disorder is critical due to treatment differences.
What is Bipolar Disorder?
The PHQ-9 is commonly used to assess this condition.
What is depression?
To diagnose Major Depressive Disorder, symptoms must last at least this long.
What is 2 weeks?
Hyperthyroidism can mimic symptoms of this mental health condition.
What is anxiety?
The GAD-7 measures severity of this disorder.
What is anxiety?
This symptom must be present for a depression diagnosis: depressed mood OR this.
What is loss of interest or pleasure (anhedonia)?
This disorder is often confused with ADHD due to attention difficulties but includes trauma history.
What is PTSD?
A structured clinical interview improves this aspect of diagnosis.
What is reliability?
For Generalized Anxiety Disorder, excessive worry must occur more days than not for at least this duration.
What is 6 months?
Borderline Personality Disorder is often misdiagnosed as this mood disorder.
What is Bipolar Disorder?
This type of assessment gathers information from multiple sources (client, family, school).
What is multi-informant assessment?
This disorder requires at least one manic episode.
What is Bipolar I Disorder?
Substance use must be ruled out before diagnosing this category of disorders.
What are primary mental disorders?
This bias occurs when a clinician relies too heavily on initial information.
What is anchoring bias?