Acronyms
What does DSM stand for?
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
What is a mental disorder?
A mental disorder is a syndrome characterized by clinically significant disturbance in an individual’s cognition, emotion regulation, or behavior that reflects a dysfunction in the psychological, biological, or developmental processes underlying mental functioning.
How many iterations has there been of the DSM?
5
Impairing levels of inattention, disorganization, and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity. Inattention and disorganization entail inability to stay on task, seeming not to listen, and losing materials, at levels that are inconsistent with age or developmental level.
ADHD
What Is Ruby’s internship site called?
MillHill Child and Family Development Center
What does WHO stand for?
World Health Organization
What is a subtype?
Subgroupings within a diagnosis that has a specific quality or detail to them.
In children and adolescents, the mood may be irritable rather than sad. The individual must also experience at least four additional symptoms drawn from a list that includes changes in appetite or weight, sleep, and psychomotor activity; decreased energy; feelings of worthlessness or guilt; difficulty thinking, concentrating, or making decisions; or recurrent thoughts of death or suicidal ideation or suicide plans or attempts
Major Depressive Disorder
What is Sandra’s internship site called?
A Smiley Face
What does NIMH stand for?
National Institute of Mental Health
What is a principal diagnoses?
The condition established after study to be chiefly responsible for occasioning the admission of the individual.
What year was the DSM first established?
1844
They are defined by abnormalities in one or more of the following five domains: delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thinking (speech), grossly disorganized or abnormal motor behavior (including catatonia), and negative symptoms.
Schizophrenia spectrum
What is Kaitlyn’s internship site called?
Kidsbridge- Children’s Home Society of NJ
International Classification of Disorders
What is a Provisional Diagnosis?
A strong presumption that the full criteria will ultimately be met for a disorder but not enough information is available to make a firm diagnosis.
Who is the DSM intended to be primarily used by?
Clinicians
Criteria have been met for at least one hypomanic episode (for atleast 4 days) and at least one major depressive episode (within the same two week period)
There has never been a manic episode.
The occurrence of the hypomanic episode(s) and major depressive episode(s) is not better explained by schizoaffective disorder, schizophrenia, schizophreniform disorder, delusional disorder, or other specified or unspecified schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorder
Bipolar II
Where did Dr.Herres go with her girlfriends BEFORE spring break?
Miami Florida!!!
What does SRC stand for? (Hint: It is a committee within the APA)
Scientific Review Commitee
What is other specified disorder/unspecified disorder?
The presentation does not meet the criteria for any specific category within a diagnostic class. (For a certain reason)
Which iteration of the DSM 5 implemented the use of field trials to demonstrate reliability?
DSM III
[The individual] typically have multiple, current, somatic symptoms that are distressing or result in significant disruption of daily life (Criterion A), although sometimes only one severe symptom, most commonly pain, is present. Symptoms may be specific (e.g., localized pain) or relatively nonspecific (e.g., fatigue). The symptoms sometimes represent normal bodily sensations or discomfort that does not generally signify serious disease.
Somatic Symptom Disorder
How many pages is the DSM 5?
970