Intro to DSM Flashcards

1
Q

What is the general trend of mental status disorders, and percentage of budget allocated to them?

A

higher income countries have higher percent of budget allocated to them, and have higher percentages (d/t loss of other health concerns)

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True or false: mental disorders increase the risk of physical disorders, and v.v.

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True

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Which is a bigger problem: overdiagnosing (pathologizing normal sadness) or underdiagnosing and lack of treatment. Why?

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Underdiagnosing, because not diagnosing has a lot more health effects

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What is a major reason for the stigma with mental disorders?

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Because people think that it is self inflicted

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5
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What countries use the DSM-V, and which use ICD-10?

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‘merica uses DSM

Everyone else uses ICD-10

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What was the major change that occurred between the DSM 2 and 3?

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Went from psychoanalytic model, to purely symptom based diagnostic criteria

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7
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According to the DSM-5, can you diagnose someone with MDD if they’ve recently had a major loss? How was this changed with the DSM 5?

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Yes–before you could not, technically

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What, generally, is Asperger’s syndrome?

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Difficulty reading others’ body language

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What is the major issue with overdiagnosis?

A

Shifts focus on those who are worried well

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What is the definition of a mental disorder?

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A syndrome characterized by clinically significant disturbance in an individual’s cognition, emotional regulation, or behavior, that reflects a dysfunction in the psychological, biological, or developmental processes underlying mental functioning

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11
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What must be true to diagnose someone with a mental disorder?

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Has to significantly impact their life

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12
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True or false: there is an increase in the prevalence of mental disorders in higher income countries

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False–higher percentages, only because other diseases go down

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True or false: it is much more dangerous to you if you have schizophrenia than you are a danger to others

A

True

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14
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What happened to the diagnostic threshold for GAD from the DSM IV to 5?

A

Lower threshold

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15
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What happened to Asperger’s syndrome in the DSM 5?

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Removed–not just levels

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16
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What are the major critiques of the DSM 5? (2)

A
  • Too heavy of an influence from big pharma

- Overdiagnosis

17
Q

Can you diagnose a mental illness if it is solely an expected or culturally appropriate response to an event?

A

No.

18
Q

Does the DSM offer treatment options, or just diagnostic criteria?

A

Only diagnostic criteria

19
Q

What, technically, is a syndrome?

A

Cluster of s/sx occurring together that are characteristic of a specific disorder

20
Q

True or false: only a few psychiatric disorders are syndrome?

A

False–most are

21
Q

What are the 6 domains of the WHODAS?

A
  • Cognition
  • Mobility
  • Self-care
  • Getting along with people
  • Life activities
  • Participation in society
22
Q

What, generally, is the WHODAS?

A

WHO disability assessment schedule–a way to assess the severity of a mental illness

23
Q

What are the two etiologies that may produce s/sx of mental disorders?

A
  • Medical conditions

- Substance use

24
Q

What is an “unspecified” disorder?

A

Disorder that falls into a general category, but not a specific dx

25
Q

True or false: in cases where a patient meets more than 1 dx in the DSM, the text will state which takes precedence

A

True

26
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What are “conditions for further study”?

A

Potential syndromes that do not have enough evidence to call it a true disorder (e.g. internet gaming disorder)

27
Q

What information about diagnoses are included in the DSM 5? (4)

A
  • Prevalence
  • Course
  • Familial pattern
  • ddx
28
Q

What is amok?

A

Dissociative episode with a period of brooding followed by violent outburst and highly aggressive behavior

Occurs in southeast Asia

29
Q

What is Koro?

A

Fear of penis retraction and death–contagious

South and east asia

30
Q

True or false: the DSM creates a framework to guide research about treatment

A

True

31
Q

True or false: the DSM increases diagnostic reliability

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True