Mood Disorders
This disorder is characterized by repeated episodes of depression that significantly affect a person's mood, thinking, and daily functioning.
What is major depressive disorder?
Hearing voices or seeing things that other people do not hear or see is an example of what symptom?
What is a hallucination?
Personality disorders are divided into three groups in the DSM-5-TR. What are these three groups called?
What are Cluster A, Cluster B, and Cluster C?
True or false: Every person who experiences a traumatic event will develop PTSD.
False. Many people experience trauma without developing PTSD.
A person has unusual thoughts but recognizes that those thoughts might not be accurate. What term describes this ability to question or examine one's own thoughts and experiences?
What is insight?
A person has a period of unusually high energy, talks much more than usual, sleeps very little without feeling tired, and becomes increasingly impulsive. What type of mood episode could these symptoms indicate?
What is a manic episode?
Lack of emotional expression, reduced speech, and decreased motivation are examples of what type of symptoms often associated with schizophrenia?
What are negative symptoms?
A person has a strong need for admiration, feels entitled to special treatment, and has difficulty recognizing the feelings of others. What personality disorder does this suggest?
What is narcissistic personality disorder?
A person experiences a traumatic event and afterward becomes easily startled, irritable, and constantly "on guard." Which PTSD symptom category do these symptoms fall under?
What are alterations in arousal and reactivity?
What is the difference between a symptom and a diagnosis?
A symptom is an individual experience or sign, while a diagnosis is a recognized pattern of symptoms and other criteria that meet the requirements for a particular disorder.
Unlike mania, this type of episode involves elevated or irritable mood and increased energy but is less severe and does not cause marked impairment or require hospitalization.
What is hypomania?
A firmly held belief that is not supported by evidence is called what?
What is a delusion?
This personality disorder is associated with a pattern of unstable relationships, intense emotions, impulsivity, and fear of abandonment.
What is borderline personality disorder?
A person deliberately avoids driving because they were involved in a serious car accident. Which PTSD symptom category does this behavior represent?
What are avoidance symptoms?
Mental health symptoms become more concerning when they cause significant problems in a person's ability to work, maintain relationships, care for themselves, or manage daily responsibilities. What is this concept called?
What is impairment in functioning?
Which diagnosis requires the presence of a manic episode, even if the person has also experienced depression?
What is bipolar I disorder?
A person with schizophrenia says, "The blue car outside is watching me. It knows what I did yesterday." Which type of delusion is most clearly demonstrated?
A persecutory or referential-type delusion?
A person has a long-standing pattern of disregarding and violating the rights of others, including deceitfulness, impulsivity, and lack of remorse. What diagnosis does this describe?
What is antisocial personality disorder?
A person experiences a traumatic event and develops dissociation, nightmares, intrusive memories, avoidance, and increased arousal. The symptoms begin shortly after the trauma and last for several weeks but not more than one month. Which diagnosis best fits?
What is acute stress disorder?
Two people may experience the same symptom, such as hearing voices or feeling depressed, but receive different diagnoses—or no diagnosis at all. Why?
What is because a diagnosis depends on the overall pattern of symptoms, their duration and severity, their context, their impact on functioning, and other possible causes—not on one symptom alone?
A person experiences major depressive episodes and also has periods of hypomania, but has never experienced a full manic episode. What diagnosis does this pattern suggest?
What is bipolar II disorder?
A person speaks in a way that is difficult to follow because their ideas seem disconnected and their conversation frequently jumps from one topic to another. What symptom might this represent?
What is disorganized speech?
For a diagnosis of a personality disorder, a person must demonstrate what two general characteristics?
What are a long-standing, persistent, and inflexible pattern of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors AND significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning?
For PTSD, repeatedly experiencing unwanted memories, nightmares, or flashbacks of a traumatic event is known as what type of symptom?
What are intrusion symptoms?
Before diagnosing a mental health disorder, why is it important to check whether symptoms could be caused by drugs, medications, or a medical condition?
What is because these things can cause or worsen mental health symptoms?