DSM-V
First line treatments

Symptom Presentation
Transdiagnostic Processes
History and Efficacy
100

The major distinguishing feature that separates bipolar 1 and bipolar 2 disease.

What is mania?

100

Catagory of first line medication for ADHD

What are Stimulants?

100

Maria, a 27 year old female, graduated law school and landed her dream job two years ago. After graduation, her friends noticed that she was extremely talkative and hyper—and seemed to never sleep. Then, she started feeling hopeless, fatigued, and indecisive. Despite undergoing two recent trials of antidepressants (sertraline and escitalopram), she has not experienced significant improvement. Although she has been able to maintain employment, and her finances are in order, she is miserable. Maria's symptom presentation is best aligned with what disorder? 

 

What is bipolar II?

100

Unconscious psychological strategies people use to protect themselves from unacceptable thoughts and feelings that cause anxiety.

What are Defense Mechanisms?
100

Introduced by Eli Lilly and Company in 1987, this antidepressant revolutionized the treatment of depression as the first selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) to hit the marker

What is fluoxetine (Prozac)?

200

Recognized as an aggravating factor but is not one of the diagnostic criteria for bipolar disorder.

What is anxiety?

200

First line classification of drugs for schizophrenia.

What are antipsychotics?

200

Janice grapples with fear of rejection and abandonment and an underlying insecurity about not being good enough. She has a history of impulsivity, aggression, and self-injurious behavior. At age sixteen, after an intense argument with her best friend, Sr. Rita attempted suicide by ingesting a bottle of pills. Janice's symptom presentation aligns best with what personality disorder 

 

What is borderline personality disorder?

200

A phenomenon where someone directs feelings or desires related to an important figure in one's life toward someone who is not that person.

What is Transference?

200

What decade did the first SSRI start being prescribed?

What is the 1980s?

300

Symptoms of adjustment disorder must start within three months after the stressor and must go away within this amount of time. 

What is six months?

300

The first line of medication for depression.

What is an SSRI?

300

When one experiences hallucinations, delusions, disorganization of speech and behavior that lasts less than a month.

What is a Brief Psychotic Disorder?

300

Two dimensions of attachment insecurity.

What are anxiety and avoidance?

300

Unlike other reuptake inhibitors (such as SSRIs and SNRIs), atypical antidepressants, which were first approved in 1989, specifically target what two transporters

What are norepinephrine and dopamine?

400

A trauma-related disorder that must last a minimum of 3 days and up to a month after experiencing the traumatic event.

What is Acute Stress Disorder?

400

First-line medication for generalized anxiety disorder?

What are SSRIs

400

A symptom seen among those with forms of psychosis that manifest as neurogenic motor immobility and stupor.

What is Catatonia?

400

A label given to a mechanism that is present across disorders.

What is a transdiagnostic process?

400

An inhibitory neurotransmitter involved in the pathology of schizophrenia.

What is dopamine?

500

Another name for dysthymia found in the DSM-V.

What is Persistent Depressive Disorder?

500

Type of medication that quickly reduces anxiety but can be highly addictive and impair short-term memory.

What are benzodiazepines? 

500

Jim is a 38-year-old man with a history of criminal behavior, substance abuse, and impulsivity. He likes to exploit people's fears and insecurities after he figures out what they are.  Jim most likely has what personality disorder

 

What is antisocial personality disorder?

500

Jack is so anxious that something catastrophic will happen that he does not leave the house.

What is an example of avoidance?

500

 This efficacious tricyclic antidepressant was used to treat depression until SSRIs became the treatment of choice

What is Imipramine?