Bipolar Disorders
This type of episode is characterized by a distinct period of abnormally and persistently elevated, expansive, or irritable mood lasting at least one week.
What is a manic episode?
This criterion involves experiencing characteristic symptoms for the substance, or taking the substance to relieve or avoid these symptoms.
What is withdrawal?
This symptom, a hallmark of psychotic disorders, involves hearing, seeing, or feeling things that are not present.
What are hallucinations?
This personality disorder is characterized by a disregard for and violation of the rights of others, often involving deceit and manipulation for personal gain.
What is Antisocial Personality Disorder?
This term refers to the DSM-5's approach of classifying mental disorders based on observable symptoms and behaviors rather than underlying causes.
What is a descriptive classification system?
During a manic episode, individuals may experience this symptom, characterized by a decreased need for sleep, often feeling rested after only a few hours.
What is reduced need for sleep?
This criterion is defined by the need for markedly increased amounts of the substance to achieve intoxication or desired effect, or a markedly diminished effect with continued use of the same amount.
What is tolerance?
This symptom involves holding strong beliefs that are not based in reality and are resistant to reason or contrary evidence.
What are delusions?
This symptom, common in Borderline Personality Disorder, involves intense and unstable interpersonal relationships, often swinging between idealization and devaluation.
What is splitting?
This type of assessment in the DSM-5 allows clinicians to rate the severity of symptoms on a continuum, rather than a simple present/absent dichotomy.
What are dimensional assessments?
For a diagnosis of Bipolar I Disorder, this type of episode is not required, although it often occurs.
What is a major depressive episode?
This criterion involves recurrent substance use resulting in a failure to fulfill major role obligations at work, school, or home.
What is failure to meet responsibilities?
This disorder requires the presence of two or more core symptoms, such as delusions, hallucinations, or disorganized speech, for a significant portion of time during a one-month period.
What is schizophrenia?
This personality disorder is marked by a pervasive pattern of social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, and hypersensitivity to negative evaluation.
What is Avoidant Personality Disorder?
This term describes the minimum number of symptoms required for a diagnosis of a specific mental disorder in the DSM-5.
What are diagnostic criteria thresholds?
This type of episode, required for a diagnosis of Bipolar II Disorder, involves a period of elevated mood that is not severe enough to cause marked impairment in social or occupational functioning.
What is a hypomanic episode?
This criterion is characterized by a persistent desire or unsuccessful efforts to cut down or control substance use.
What is unsuccessful attempts to quit?
This symptom is characterized by speech that is so disorganized it impairs communication, often seen in psychotic disorders.
What is disorganized speech?
This disorder involves a pattern of excessive emotionality and attention-seeking behavior, often uncomfortable when not the center of attention.
What is Histrionic Personality Disorder?
This term refers to the presence of two or more disorders in the same individual, a common consideration in DSM-5 diagnoses.
What is comorbidity?
This symptom, often present in Major Depressive Disorder, involves a markedly diminished interest or pleasure in all, or almost all, activities most of the day, nearly every day.
What is anhedonia?
his criterion involves taking the substance in larger amounts or over a longer period than was originally intended.
What is loss of control over substance use?
This negative symptom involves a lack of motivation to initiate and perform self-directed purposeful activities.
What is avolition?
This personality disorder is characterized by pervasive distrust and suspiciousness of others, interpreting their motives as malevolent.
What is Paranoid Personality Disorder?
This DSM-5 category is used when a clinician chooses to communicate the specific reason that a patient's presentation does not meet the criteria for any specific disorder within a diagnostic class.
What is "Other Specified"?