NURS 623 Worksheet for Exam 3

NURS 623 Worksheet for Exam 3 Working through the questions should help point out areas you need to spend more time further reviewing. Also, please look over the review guide in the module section. Psychosocial 1. What is the most common psychiatric disorder in the United States? A: Anxiety 2. What are the DSM-5 symptom criteria for a diagnosis of general anxiety disorder? 1. The presence of excessive anxiety and worry about a variety of topics, events, or activities. Worry occurs more often than not for at least 6 months and is clearly excessive. 2. The worry is experienced as very challenging to control. The worry in both adults and children may easily shift from one topic to another. 3. The anxiety and worry are accompanied with at least three of the following physical or cognitive symptoms (In children, only one symptom is necessary for a diagnosis of GAD): Note: Only one item required in children. A. Restlessness, feeling keyed up or on edge. B. Being easily fatigued. C. Difficulty concentrating or mind going blank. D. Irritability. E. Muscle tension. F. Sleep disturbance (difficulty falling or staying asleep, or restless, unsatisfying sleep). 4. The anxiety, worry, or physical symptoms cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning. 5. The disturbance is not attributable to the physiological effects of a substance (e.g., a drug of abuse, a medication) or another medical condition (e.g., hyperthyroidism). 6. The disturbance is not better explained by another medical disorder (e.g., anxiety or worry about having panic attacks in panic disorder, negative evaluation in social anxiety disorder [social phobia], contamination or other obsessions in obsessive-compulsive disorder, separation from attachment figures in separation anxiety disorder, reminders of traumatic events in posttraumatic stress disorder, gaining weight in anorexia nervosa, physical complaints in somatic symptom disorder, perceived appearance flaws in body dysmorphic disorder, having a serious illness in illness anxiety disorder, or the content of delusional beliefs in schizophrenia or delusional disorder). 3. What are the DSM-5 symptom criteria for a major depressive disorder? A: The DSM-5 outlines the following criterion to make a diagnosis of depression. The individual must be experiencing five or more symptoms during the same 2-week period and at least one of the symptoms should be either (1) depressed mood or (2) loss of interest or pleasure. 1. Depressed mood most of the day, nearly every day.