General/Misc.
When was the DSM-5 published?
2013
What is the most common disorder where psychotic symptoms may be experienced?
Major depressive disorder.
Name one obsessive-compulsive disorder that is not obsessive-compulsive disorder.
(Name more for extra credit.)
Examples of potential answers:
1. Hoarding disorder
2. Trichotillomania (hair-pulling disorder)
3. Excoriation (skin-picking) disorder
According to the DSM-5, what is not a required symptom of PTSD?
a) Exposure to a traumatic event
b) Experiencing flashbacks
c) Avoiding reminders of a traumatic event
d) Change in mood and/or thought patterns
b) Experiencing flashbacks
How many personality disorders are there?
10
When was homosexuality declassified as a mental disorder?
1974
What is the difference between bipolar I and bipolar II?
Bipolar I: Meet the criteria for at least one manic episode. (Can, and often does, include major depressive and hypomanic episodes, but is not a requirement.)
Bipolar II: Meet the criteria for at least one hypomanic episode and at least one major depressive episode.
What is one anxiety disorder that, while can be present in adulthood, more often occurs (and begins) during childhood?
(There are two; name both for extra credit.)
Separation anxiety disorder
Selective mutism
How long do you have to experience posttraumatic stress symptoms to be diagnosed with PTSD?
More than one month.
Name one personality disorder that is NOT in Cluster B.
(Name more for extra credit.)
Cluster A:
Paranoid
Schizoid
Schizotypal
Cluster C:
Avoidant
Dependent
Obsessive-Compulsive
What is the disorder with the highest mortality rate (including suicide)?
Anorexia nervosa
How can you differentiate schizoaffective disorder from major depressive or bipolar disorder with psychotic features?
Whether mood or psychotic symptoms occur independently from one another.
(e.g., schizoaffective = psychotic symptoms sometimes occur without mood symptoms; major depressive or bipolar disorder = mood symptoms sometimes occur without psychotic symptoms)
What are obsessions defined by?
1. Recurrent and persistent thoughts, urges, or images experienced as intrusive and unwanted and cause marked anxiety or distress (alternatively: intrusive thoughts)
2. Attempts to ignore or suppress sugh thoughts, urges, or images or neutralize them through other thoughts or actions
What category is considered closely related to trauma disorders and therefore listed right after?
Dissociative disorders.
Which of these are real personality disorders?
a) Inadequate personality disorder
b) Schizoid personality disorder
c) Cyclothymic personality disorder
d) Paranoid personality disorder
e) Schizotypal personality disorder
f) Emotionally unstable personality disorder
g) Histrionic personality disorder
h) Borderline personality disorder
i) Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
j) Compulsive personality disorder
k) Passive-aggressive personality disorder
l) Dependent personality disorder
m) Explosive personality disorder
n) Asthenic personality disorder
o) Avoidant personality disorder
p) Narcissistic personality disorder
q) Antisocial personality disorder
r) Depressive personality disorder
s) Sexual deviation personality disorder
t) Addiction personality disorder
b) Schizoid personality disorder
d) Paranoid personality disorder
e) Schizotypal personality disorder
g) Histrionic personality disorder
h) Borderline personality disorder
i) Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
l) Dependent personality disorder
o) Avoidant personality disorder
p) Narcissistic personality disorder
q) Antisocial personality disorder
What category is body dysmorphic disorder under?
Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
What are the symptoms of psychosis?
1. Hallucinations
2. Delusions
3. Disorganized speech/thinking
4. Grossly disorganized or abnormal motor behavior
5. Flat affect
6. Avolition (Lack of motivation or executive functioning)
7. Alogia (Poverty of speech)
8. Anhedonia (Lack of pleasure)
9. Asociality (Lack of interest in social interaction)
What are the physical symptoms of anxiety?
1. Restlessness or feeling on edge.
2. Being easily fatigued.
3. Difficulty concentrating or mind going blank.
4. Irritability.
5. Muscle tension.
6. Sleep disturbance.
Which of the following DO NOT qualify as a traumatic event to meet the criteria for a PTSD diagnosis?
a) Physical abuse
b) Emotional abuse
c) Death of a loved one
d) Car accident
e) Child neglect
f) Witnessing domestic violence
g) Sexual abuse
h) Abuse of a loved one
i) Witnessing violence on TV
b) Emotional abuse
e) Child neglect
i) Witnessing violence on TV
What five personality disorders were almost removed in the DSM-5?
Paranoid
Schizoid
Histrionic
Narcissistic
Dependent
Which of these are diagnoses in the DSM-5?
a) Penetration disorder
b) Persistent depressive disorder
c) Sexual cannibalism disorder
d) Gender identity disorder
e) Multiple personality disorder
f) Sexual sadism disorder
g) Complex posttraumatic stress disorder
h) Orthorexia
i) Asperger's syndrome
j) Attention deficit disorder
k) Psychopathy
a) Penetration disorder
b) Persistent depressive disorder
f) Sexual sadism disorder
What are the symptoms of a manic episode?
1. Elevated, expansive, or irritable mood.
2. Increased activity or energy.
3. Inflated self-esteem or grandiosity.
4. Decreased need for sleep.
5. More talkative than usual or pressure to keep talking.
6. Flight of ideas or subjective experience that thoughts are racing.
7. Distractibility.
8. Increase in goal-directed activity or psychomotor agitation.
9. Excessive involvement in risky activities.
What is the difference between social anxiety disorder and agoraphobia?
Social anxiety disorder is associated with a fear of negative scrutiny or judgment by others.
Agoraphobia is associated with a fear of situations that may be difficult to escape from or where help might be unavailable.
Alternatively: agoraphobia is independent of actual social interaction.
What is wrong with the diagnostic criteria for PTSD in the DSM-5?
1. Trauma exposure criterion does not include obviously traumatic events (e.g., emotional abuse).
2. Intrusive symptom criterion too broad. (Re-experiencing is not required.)
3. Negative alterations in cognitions and mood criterion
4. Hyperarousal and hypervigilance criterion too broad. (Heightened threat perception not required.)
Will also accept:
5. Criteria overlap too much with other diagnoses.
Anything else at my discretion.
Match the following criteria to the correct personality disorder:
1. Impulsivity or failure to plan ahead.
2. Shows emotional coldness, detachment, or flattened affectivity.
3. Is unwilling to get involved with people unless certain of being liked.
4. Is reluctant to delegate tasks or to work with others unless they submit to exactly their way of doing things.
5. Lacks empathy: is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others.
6. Inappropriate, intense anger or difficulty controlling anger.
7. Considers relationships to be more intimate than they actually are.
8. Behavior or appearance that is odd, eccentric, or peculiar.
9. Perceives attacks on their character or reputation that are not apparent to others and is quick to react angrily or to counterattack.
10. Urgently seeks another relationship as a source of care and support when a close relationship ends.
1. Antisocial
2. Schizoid
3. Avoidant
4. Obsessive-Compulsive
5. Narcissistic
6. Borderline
7. Histrionic
8. Schizotypal
9. Paranoid
10. Dependent