Diagnosis and Psychopathology Flashcards

DSM-5 requires PTSD symptoms to span how many symptom clusters?

Answer: Four

DSM-5 PTSD criteria include four symptom clusters: intrusion, avoidance, negative alterations in cognitions/mood, and alterations in arousal/reactivity.

Which feature most clearly differentiates Schizophrenia from Brief Psychotic Disorder in DSM-5?

Answer: Duration of symptoms lasting at least 6 months

Schizophrenia requires continuous signs of disturbance for at least 6 months, while Brief Psychotic Disorder resolves within 1 month.

Which eating disorder is characterized by recurrent binge eating WITHOUT compensatory purging behaviors?

Answer: Binge Eating Disorder

Binge Eating Disorder involves recurrent binge eating episodes without the compensatory behaviors (e.g., purging, excessive exercise) seen in Bulimia Nervosa.

The essential feature of Somatic Symptom Disorder in DSM-5 is:

Answer: Excessive thoughts, feelings, or behaviors related to somatic symptoms

DSM-5 Somatic Symptom Disorder focuses on excessive and disproportionate thoughts, feelings, or behaviors related to physical symptoms, regardless of medical explanation.

According to DSM-5, Autism Spectrum Disorder requires persistent deficits in which two core domains?

Answer: Social communication/interaction and restricted/repetitive behaviors

DSM-5 ASD criteria require deficits in social communication and social interaction, plus restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities.

A client with a long-standing pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, and lack of empathy most likely meets criteria for which personality disorder?

Answer: Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Narcissistic Personality Disorder is characterized by a pervasive pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, and lack of empathy beginning in early adulthood.