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Mental Health Disorders and Diagnosis Flashcards

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  1. Somatic Symptom Disorder in the DSM-5 is best characterized by:

    Answer: One or more somatic symptoms causing distress with excessive thoughts, feelings, or behaviors related to the symptoms

    Somatic Symptom Disorder focuses on the disproportionate thoughts, feelings, and behaviors related to symptoms rather than requiring symptoms to be medically unexplained.

  2. Which specifier in the DSM-5 indicates that a client's symptoms meet criteria for a diagnosis but the number, severity, or duration of symptoms is below the full threshold?

    Answer: Other Specified Disorder

    Other Specified Disorder allows clinicians to communicate why full criteria are not met while still documenting the clinical presentation.

  3. A client who has experienced a significant loss shows depressive symptoms. Which DSM-5 principle guides the distinction between bereavement and Major Depressive Disorder?

    Answer: Clinical judgment about symptom severity, content, and context guides the distinction

    DSM-5 removed the bereavement exclusion and relies on clinical judgment about the severity, persistence, and content of symptoms to distinguish grief from MDD.

  4. Which of the following is classified under Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders in the DSM-5?

    Answer: Adjustment Disorder

    Adjustment Disorder is classified in the DSM-5 under Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders, as it requires an identifiable stressor.

  5. Intellectual Disability in the DSM-5 is defined by deficits in both intellectual functioning AND:

    Answer: Adaptive functioning in conceptual, social, or practical domains

    DSM-5 defines Intellectual Disability by deficits in intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior across conceptual, social, and practical domains.

  6. A client presents with recurrent episodes of unexpected panic attacks and persistent worry about future attacks for at least one month. This BEST meets criteria for:

    Answer: Panic Disorder

    Panic Disorder requires recurrent unexpected panic attacks AND at least one month of persistent concern about future attacks or behavioral changes related to them.