KAPLAN AND SADOCK’S SYNOPSIS OF
PSYCHIATRY 12TH EDITION
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT SOLUTIONS
◉ 2 important psychiatric classifications are: Answer: 1. Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) - APA
2. International Classification of Diseases (ICD) - WHO
◉ 3 basic features of the DSM-5 Answer: 1. Descriptive approach:
Describe manifestation of the mental disorder
2. Diagnostic Criteria: list of features
3. Systematic Description
◉ What is meant by systematic description? Answer: Systematically
describes each disorder:
age, culture, gender-related features
prevalence, incidence, risk
course
complications
,predisposing factors
familial pattern
DDx
when relevant labs & physical signs/symptoms
◉ What is not included in DSM? 3 Answer: theories of causes
management or Tx
controversial issues
◉ Significant, below average intelligence and impairment in adaptive
functioning Answer: Intellectual Disability/Intellectual Developmental
Disorder
◉ A variation of intellectual disability for children younger than 5 years
with severe defects exceeding those above Answer: Global
developmental delay
◉ 4 types of Communication Disorders
1. impaired vocab, difficulty in age-appropriate sentences
2. difficulty in articulation
3. difficulty in fluency, rate, rhythm
, 4. Difficulty in social interaction/communication w/ peers Answer: 1.
Language Disorder (impaired vocab, difficulty in age-appropriate
sentences)
2. Speech sound disorder (difficulty in articulation)
3. childhood-onset fluency disorder/stuttering (difficulty in fluency, rate,
rhythm)
4. social/pragmatic communication disorder (difficulty in social
interaction/communication w/ peers)
◉ Range of behaviors characterized by severe difficulties in multiple
developmental areas, including social relatedness, communications, and
range of activity and repetitive and stereotypical patterns of behavior
Answer: Autism spectrum Disorder
Level 1: most normal (able to speak, reduced interaction)
Level 3: most severe (no speech or social interaction)
◉ 3 Major types of motor disorders?
1. impaired development of motor coordination (delays in crawling,
walking, dropping things, poor sports performance)
PSYCHIATRY 12TH EDITION
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT SOLUTIONS
◉ 2 important psychiatric classifications are: Answer: 1. Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) - APA
2. International Classification of Diseases (ICD) - WHO
◉ 3 basic features of the DSM-5 Answer: 1. Descriptive approach:
Describe manifestation of the mental disorder
2. Diagnostic Criteria: list of features
3. Systematic Description
◉ What is meant by systematic description? Answer: Systematically
describes each disorder:
age, culture, gender-related features
prevalence, incidence, risk
course
complications
,predisposing factors
familial pattern
DDx
when relevant labs & physical signs/symptoms
◉ What is not included in DSM? 3 Answer: theories of causes
management or Tx
controversial issues
◉ Significant, below average intelligence and impairment in adaptive
functioning Answer: Intellectual Disability/Intellectual Developmental
Disorder
◉ A variation of intellectual disability for children younger than 5 years
with severe defects exceeding those above Answer: Global
developmental delay
◉ 4 types of Communication Disorders
1. impaired vocab, difficulty in age-appropriate sentences
2. difficulty in articulation
3. difficulty in fluency, rate, rhythm
, 4. Difficulty in social interaction/communication w/ peers Answer: 1.
Language Disorder (impaired vocab, difficulty in age-appropriate
sentences)
2. Speech sound disorder (difficulty in articulation)
3. childhood-onset fluency disorder/stuttering (difficulty in fluency, rate,
rhythm)
4. social/pragmatic communication disorder (difficulty in social
interaction/communication w/ peers)
◉ Range of behaviors characterized by severe difficulties in multiple
developmental areas, including social relatedness, communications, and
range of activity and repetitive and stereotypical patterns of behavior
Answer: Autism spectrum Disorder
Level 1: most normal (able to speak, reduced interaction)
Level 3: most severe (no speech or social interaction)
◉ 3 Major types of motor disorders?
1. impaired development of motor coordination (delays in crawling,
walking, dropping things, poor sports performance)
