ASWB LCSW EXAM DIAGNOSES UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. avoidant personality disorder
Answer:
-sensitive to criticism/rejection
-feel inadequate/inferior
-avoidance of interpersonal contact/relationships
-shyness in social situations/relationships
-fear of disapproval, embarrassment
-want to have relationships but too anxious to engage
*low self-esteem/self-worth; distorted self image
Question:
2. social anxiety disorder
Answer:
-anxious ab social situations/environment itself & how they will do in that
environment
-fear they may be judged negatively
*can have a solid self-esteem
Question:
3. generalized anxiety disorder
Answer:
-excessive anxieties and worries occur more days than not for at least 6 months
-anxiety/worry accompanied by at least 3:
-edginess/restlessness, impaired concentration, difficulty sleeping, fatigue,
irritability, increased muscle ache/soreness
Question:
4. unspecified depressive disorder
Answer:
-lighter impact than MDD, doesn't meet full criteria
-less than 2 weeks of depressive symptoms
, Question:
5. paranoid personality disorder
Answer:
-distrust/suspicion of others and their motives
-unforgiving, idea others are demeaning them, aggressive outbursts, doubting
loyalty, reluctant to confide in people, hold grudges, pervasive distrust
EX: Hitler & Stalin
Question:
6. schizoid personality disorder
Answer:
-detachment from social relationships and restricted range of emotional
expression, don't enjoy most activities, cold/indifferent
-loner/isolated, little or no sexual desires
EX: Squidward
Question:
7. schizotypal personality disorder
Answer:
-don't engage socially bc paranoid of social contacts, cognitive distortions,
-odd/eccentric dress, thinking, and beliefs
-flat, paranormal or superstitious beliefs
-belief that certain causal incidents have hidden messages meant only for you
ex: Willy Wonka
Question:
8. reactive attachment disorder
Answer:
consistent pattern of emotionally withdrawn behavior toward adult categories
Question:
9. rumination disorder
Answer:
disorder in which they re-chew food already swallowed
Question:
10. PICA
Answer:
disorder of eating food with no nutritional value
-soil, dirt, hair, paper, etc
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. avoidant personality disorder
Answer:
-sensitive to criticism/rejection
-feel inadequate/inferior
-avoidance of interpersonal contact/relationships
-shyness in social situations/relationships
-fear of disapproval, embarrassment
-want to have relationships but too anxious to engage
*low self-esteem/self-worth; distorted self image
Question:
2. social anxiety disorder
Answer:
-anxious ab social situations/environment itself & how they will do in that
environment
-fear they may be judged negatively
*can have a solid self-esteem
Question:
3. generalized anxiety disorder
Answer:
-excessive anxieties and worries occur more days than not for at least 6 months
-anxiety/worry accompanied by at least 3:
-edginess/restlessness, impaired concentration, difficulty sleeping, fatigue,
irritability, increased muscle ache/soreness
Question:
4. unspecified depressive disorder
Answer:
-lighter impact than MDD, doesn't meet full criteria
-less than 2 weeks of depressive symptoms
, Question:
5. paranoid personality disorder
Answer:
-distrust/suspicion of others and their motives
-unforgiving, idea others are demeaning them, aggressive outbursts, doubting
loyalty, reluctant to confide in people, hold grudges, pervasive distrust
EX: Hitler & Stalin
Question:
6. schizoid personality disorder
Answer:
-detachment from social relationships and restricted range of emotional
expression, don't enjoy most activities, cold/indifferent
-loner/isolated, little or no sexual desires
EX: Squidward
Question:
7. schizotypal personality disorder
Answer:
-don't engage socially bc paranoid of social contacts, cognitive distortions,
-odd/eccentric dress, thinking, and beliefs
-flat, paranormal or superstitious beliefs
-belief that certain causal incidents have hidden messages meant only for you
ex: Willy Wonka
Question:
8. reactive attachment disorder
Answer:
consistent pattern of emotionally withdrawn behavior toward adult categories
Question:
9. rumination disorder
Answer:
disorder in which they re-chew food already swallowed
Question:
10. PICA
Answer:
disorder of eating food with no nutritional value
-soil, dirt, hair, paper, etc
