LCSW Mental Health Disorders and Diagnosis 3

Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

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

Answer

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

Question 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?

Accepted Answer

Other Specified Disorder

Answer

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

Question 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?

Accepted Answer

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

Answer

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

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

Adjustment Disorder

Answer

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

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

Adaptive functioning in conceptual, social, or practical domains

Answer

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

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LCSW Mental Health Disorders and Diagnosis 3