DSM-5-TR STUDY GUIDE
Neurodevelopmental Disorders - Answers- A group of disorders that present in early
childhood; characterized by marked deficits in brain processing that result in
impairments in social, personal, or academic performance
Intellectual Developmental Disorder - Answers- Defecits in intellectual ability such as,
reasoning, problem solving, planning, abstract thinking, judgment, academic learning,
and learning from experience. Present during developmental period. (Severity
Specefiers range from mild-profound).
Global Developmental Delay - Answers- A substitute diagnosis for intellectual
developmental disorder for children under the age of 5 who meet the critera but the
severity cannot be properly analized due to their age. Must be reassesed after a period
of time..
Childhood-Onset Fluency Disorder (stuttering) - Answers- Difficulty in communication
characterized by: Sound or syllable repitition, sound prolongations of consonants as
well as vowels, broken words, audible or silent blocking, circumlocations, words
pronounced with an excess of physical tensions, monosyllabic whole-word repetitions.
Additionally the defecits cause anxiety.
Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder - Answers- Persistent difficulties in the
social use of verbal and nonverbal communication characterized by: Failure to use
greetings or other social language appropriate to the context, failure to meet social
contexts, difficulty following rules of communication, difficulty understanding what is not
implicently stated.
Unspecified Communication Disorder - Answers- A communication disorder that cause
marked impairment but there is not enough information to make a more complete
diagnosis.
Autism Spectrum Disorder - Answers- Persistant defecits in social communication and
interaction across multiple contexts, deficits in nonverbal communication behaviors
used for social interaction. Restrictive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities. Hyper
or hyopreactivity to sensory imput. Present from a young age. (Specifiers range from
"requiring support" to "Requiring very substantial support."
Attention Deffecit / Hyperactivity Disorder - Answers- A persistant pattern of inattention,
hyperactivity, and/or impulsivity. Symptoms must have been present prior to the age of
12 though diagnosis can happen at any time. Specefiers for inattentive type,
hyperactive type, or combined type.
Other Specified Attention Deffecit / Hyperactivity Disorder - Answers- Used for cases
where the individual has distress or impairment due to inattention and/or hyperactivity
but does not meet the full criteria for ADHD.
,Unspecified Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder - Answers- Used for cases where
the individual has distress or impairment due to inattention and/or hyperactivity but there
is not enough information to make a more complete diagnosis
Unspecified Intellectual Developmental Disorder - Answers- A substitute diagnosis for
intellectual developmental disorder for people over the age of 5 who for some reason
can not be properly assesed. Used in rare and exeptional cases and must be reassesed
after a period of time.
Communication Disorders - Answers- Conditions involving impairment in language,
speech, and communication.
Language Disorder - Answers- Persistant difficulties with the aquisition and use of
language (of all forms) including: Reduced vocabulary, limited sentence structure, and
impairments in discorse.
Speech Sound Disorder - Answers- Persistant difficulty in articulating phonemes that
causes interference with social participation, academic achievment, or occupational
performance
Specific Learning Disorder - Answers- A disorder characterized by persistent difficulties
implementing academic skills despite interventions. Can be with impairment in reading,
impairment in written expression, and/or impairment in mathematics.
Motor Disorders - Answers- A group of disorders characterized by motor symptoms
such as tics, stereotypic movements, or dyscoordination
Developmental Coordination Disorder - Answers- Aquesition and execution of moder
skills is substantially lower than typical of the chronological age. These difficulties
manifest as clumsiness, slowness, and/or inaccuracy of performance of motor skills.
Steryotypic Movement Disorder - Answers- Repetitive, seemingly driven, and
apparently purposeless motor bhavior (hand waving, body rocking, head banging, self
biting, hitting own body, etc) that results in marked impairment or causes self-injury.
Tic Disorders - Answers- A group of disorders that involve involuntary physical
behaviors that can be motor or vocal.
Tourette's Disorder - Answers- Sudden, rapid, recurrent, nonrhythmic motor movements
or
vocalizations that are present before the age of 18 and wax/wane over the course of at
least 1 year.
Persistent (Chronic) Motor or Vocal Tic Disorder - Answers- Single or multiple motor or
vocal tics have been present during the illness, but not both motor and vocal.
,Provisional Tic Disorder - Answers- Single or multiple motor and or vocal tics for less
than 1 year.
Unspecified Tic Disorder - Answers- A tic disorder that causes distress or impairment
but there is not enough information to make a more complete diagnosis
Other Specified Tic Disorder - Answers- When the individual experiences distress or
impairment due to tics but does not meet the full criteria for any of the tic disorders
outlined in the chapter.
Other Specified Neurodevelopmental Disorder - Answers- This disorder applies to
presentations where tha patient exhibits symptoms of a neurodevelopmental disorder
that causes substantial impairment but does not meet the requirements for any one
neurodevelopmental disorder. Ex: Neurodevelopmental disorder associated with
parental alcohol exposure.
Unspecified Neurodevelopmental Disorder - Answers- This disorder applies to
presentations where the patient exhibits symptoms of a neurodevelopmental disorder
that causes substantial impairment but there is not enough information to make a more
complete diagnosis.
Schizophrenia and Related Disorders - Answers- A category of disorders that involve a
dissconection from reality. Usually chronic but sometimes temporary.
Delusional Disorder - Answers- The presence of one or more delusions with no other
features of psychosis. If hallucionations are present, they are related to the delusional
theme and do not dominate the clinical picture. Present in episodes either one or
multiple. Multiple typation.
Delusional Disorder : Grandiose Type - Answers- A subtype of delusional disorder
where the delusional content has a central theme of inflated slef-esteem/worth, or the
individual having some great (but unrecognized) talent or insight, or having made an
important discovery.
Delusional Disorder : Jealous Type - Answers- A subtype of delusional disorder where
the central theme of the delusional content has to do with the individuals partner being
unfaithful.
Delusional Disorder : Persecutory Type - Answers- A subtype of delusional disorder
where the central theme of the delusional content is the individuals belief that they are
being conspired against, cheated, spied on, followed, poisioned/drugged, maliciously
maligned, harassed, or obstructed in persuit of longterm goals.
, Delusional Disorder : Somatic Type - Answers- A subtype of delusional disorder where
the central theme of the delusional content revolves around the individuals bodily
functions or sensations.
Delusional Disorder : Mixed Type - Answers- A subtype of delusional disorder where no
one theme dominates the delusional content.
Delusional Disorder : Unspecified Type - Answers- A subtype of delusional disorder
where the central theme of the delusional content does not cleanly fit into any one of the
recognized subtypes (ex: A delusion of reference that does not include persucatory or
grandiose content).
Brief Psychotic Disorder - Answers- A psychotic disturbance that lasts for less than a
month and does not occur during an manic or depressive episode, and is not better
explained by the effects of medication. Specifiers include if the psychosis is in response
to something or not.
Schizophreniform Disorder - Answers- Experiences psychotic symptoms that last for at
least 1 month but less than 6 months. Does not occur during a manic or depressive
episode.
Schizophrenia - Answers- Experiences a break from reality that includes
hallucionations, delusions, disorganized speech, grossly disorganized or catatonic
behavior, and/or negative symptoms. Symptoms cause marked impairment, presist for
at least six months, and are in the absence of a schizoaffective, manic, or depressive
episode.
Schizoaffective Disorder - Answers- The criterion A for schizophrenia is met during a
major mood episode. Specifiers include bipolar or depressive type.
Substance/Medication-Induced Psychotic Disorder - Answers- Psychotic symptoms that
presist over a period of time that is congruent with the use of a substance that could
cause such a disturbance. Could occur during use, intoxication, or withdrawl.
Psychotic Disorder Due to Another Medical Condition - Answers- Psychosis caused by
another medical condition, usually physical. Specifiers for hallucionations or delusions.
Catatonia (Catatonia Specifier) - Answers- Three or more: Stupor (No psychomotor
activity), Catalpalsy (Passive induction of psture held against gravity), Waxy Flexability
(Slight, even resistance to positioning by examiner), Mutism, Negativism (Little to no
response to instructions or other stimuli), Posturing (Spontaneous and active matinence
of a posture against gravity), Mannerism (Odd, circumstantial caricature of normal
actions), Stereotypy (repetitive, abnormally frequent, non-goal directed movemnt),
Agitation, Grimacing, Echolalia, Echopraxia
Neurodevelopmental Disorders - Answers- A group of disorders that present in early
childhood; characterized by marked deficits in brain processing that result in
impairments in social, personal, or academic performance
Intellectual Developmental Disorder - Answers- Defecits in intellectual ability such as,
reasoning, problem solving, planning, abstract thinking, judgment, academic learning,
and learning from experience. Present during developmental period. (Severity
Specefiers range from mild-profound).
Global Developmental Delay - Answers- A substitute diagnosis for intellectual
developmental disorder for children under the age of 5 who meet the critera but the
severity cannot be properly analized due to their age. Must be reassesed after a period
of time..
Childhood-Onset Fluency Disorder (stuttering) - Answers- Difficulty in communication
characterized by: Sound or syllable repitition, sound prolongations of consonants as
well as vowels, broken words, audible or silent blocking, circumlocations, words
pronounced with an excess of physical tensions, monosyllabic whole-word repetitions.
Additionally the defecits cause anxiety.
Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder - Answers- Persistent difficulties in the
social use of verbal and nonverbal communication characterized by: Failure to use
greetings or other social language appropriate to the context, failure to meet social
contexts, difficulty following rules of communication, difficulty understanding what is not
implicently stated.
Unspecified Communication Disorder - Answers- A communication disorder that cause
marked impairment but there is not enough information to make a more complete
diagnosis.
Autism Spectrum Disorder - Answers- Persistant defecits in social communication and
interaction across multiple contexts, deficits in nonverbal communication behaviors
used for social interaction. Restrictive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities. Hyper
or hyopreactivity to sensory imput. Present from a young age. (Specifiers range from
"requiring support" to "Requiring very substantial support."
Attention Deffecit / Hyperactivity Disorder - Answers- A persistant pattern of inattention,
hyperactivity, and/or impulsivity. Symptoms must have been present prior to the age of
12 though diagnosis can happen at any time. Specefiers for inattentive type,
hyperactive type, or combined type.
Other Specified Attention Deffecit / Hyperactivity Disorder - Answers- Used for cases
where the individual has distress or impairment due to inattention and/or hyperactivity
but does not meet the full criteria for ADHD.
,Unspecified Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder - Answers- Used for cases where
the individual has distress or impairment due to inattention and/or hyperactivity but there
is not enough information to make a more complete diagnosis
Unspecified Intellectual Developmental Disorder - Answers- A substitute diagnosis for
intellectual developmental disorder for people over the age of 5 who for some reason
can not be properly assesed. Used in rare and exeptional cases and must be reassesed
after a period of time.
Communication Disorders - Answers- Conditions involving impairment in language,
speech, and communication.
Language Disorder - Answers- Persistant difficulties with the aquisition and use of
language (of all forms) including: Reduced vocabulary, limited sentence structure, and
impairments in discorse.
Speech Sound Disorder - Answers- Persistant difficulty in articulating phonemes that
causes interference with social participation, academic achievment, or occupational
performance
Specific Learning Disorder - Answers- A disorder characterized by persistent difficulties
implementing academic skills despite interventions. Can be with impairment in reading,
impairment in written expression, and/or impairment in mathematics.
Motor Disorders - Answers- A group of disorders characterized by motor symptoms
such as tics, stereotypic movements, or dyscoordination
Developmental Coordination Disorder - Answers- Aquesition and execution of moder
skills is substantially lower than typical of the chronological age. These difficulties
manifest as clumsiness, slowness, and/or inaccuracy of performance of motor skills.
Steryotypic Movement Disorder - Answers- Repetitive, seemingly driven, and
apparently purposeless motor bhavior (hand waving, body rocking, head banging, self
biting, hitting own body, etc) that results in marked impairment or causes self-injury.
Tic Disorders - Answers- A group of disorders that involve involuntary physical
behaviors that can be motor or vocal.
Tourette's Disorder - Answers- Sudden, rapid, recurrent, nonrhythmic motor movements
or
vocalizations that are present before the age of 18 and wax/wane over the course of at
least 1 year.
Persistent (Chronic) Motor or Vocal Tic Disorder - Answers- Single or multiple motor or
vocal tics have been present during the illness, but not both motor and vocal.
,Provisional Tic Disorder - Answers- Single or multiple motor and or vocal tics for less
than 1 year.
Unspecified Tic Disorder - Answers- A tic disorder that causes distress or impairment
but there is not enough information to make a more complete diagnosis
Other Specified Tic Disorder - Answers- When the individual experiences distress or
impairment due to tics but does not meet the full criteria for any of the tic disorders
outlined in the chapter.
Other Specified Neurodevelopmental Disorder - Answers- This disorder applies to
presentations where tha patient exhibits symptoms of a neurodevelopmental disorder
that causes substantial impairment but does not meet the requirements for any one
neurodevelopmental disorder. Ex: Neurodevelopmental disorder associated with
parental alcohol exposure.
Unspecified Neurodevelopmental Disorder - Answers- This disorder applies to
presentations where the patient exhibits symptoms of a neurodevelopmental disorder
that causes substantial impairment but there is not enough information to make a more
complete diagnosis.
Schizophrenia and Related Disorders - Answers- A category of disorders that involve a
dissconection from reality. Usually chronic but sometimes temporary.
Delusional Disorder - Answers- The presence of one or more delusions with no other
features of psychosis. If hallucionations are present, they are related to the delusional
theme and do not dominate the clinical picture. Present in episodes either one or
multiple. Multiple typation.
Delusional Disorder : Grandiose Type - Answers- A subtype of delusional disorder
where the delusional content has a central theme of inflated slef-esteem/worth, or the
individual having some great (but unrecognized) talent or insight, or having made an
important discovery.
Delusional Disorder : Jealous Type - Answers- A subtype of delusional disorder where
the central theme of the delusional content has to do with the individuals partner being
unfaithful.
Delusional Disorder : Persecutory Type - Answers- A subtype of delusional disorder
where the central theme of the delusional content is the individuals belief that they are
being conspired against, cheated, spied on, followed, poisioned/drugged, maliciously
maligned, harassed, or obstructed in persuit of longterm goals.
, Delusional Disorder : Somatic Type - Answers- A subtype of delusional disorder where
the central theme of the delusional content revolves around the individuals bodily
functions or sensations.
Delusional Disorder : Mixed Type - Answers- A subtype of delusional disorder where no
one theme dominates the delusional content.
Delusional Disorder : Unspecified Type - Answers- A subtype of delusional disorder
where the central theme of the delusional content does not cleanly fit into any one of the
recognized subtypes (ex: A delusion of reference that does not include persucatory or
grandiose content).
Brief Psychotic Disorder - Answers- A psychotic disturbance that lasts for less than a
month and does not occur during an manic or depressive episode, and is not better
explained by the effects of medication. Specifiers include if the psychosis is in response
to something or not.
Schizophreniform Disorder - Answers- Experiences psychotic symptoms that last for at
least 1 month but less than 6 months. Does not occur during a manic or depressive
episode.
Schizophrenia - Answers- Experiences a break from reality that includes
hallucionations, delusions, disorganized speech, grossly disorganized or catatonic
behavior, and/or negative symptoms. Symptoms cause marked impairment, presist for
at least six months, and are in the absence of a schizoaffective, manic, or depressive
episode.
Schizoaffective Disorder - Answers- The criterion A for schizophrenia is met during a
major mood episode. Specifiers include bipolar or depressive type.
Substance/Medication-Induced Psychotic Disorder - Answers- Psychotic symptoms that
presist over a period of time that is congruent with the use of a substance that could
cause such a disturbance. Could occur during use, intoxication, or withdrawl.
Psychotic Disorder Due to Another Medical Condition - Answers- Psychosis caused by
another medical condition, usually physical. Specifiers for hallucionations or delusions.
Catatonia (Catatonia Specifier) - Answers- Three or more: Stupor (No psychomotor
activity), Catalpalsy (Passive induction of psture held against gravity), Waxy Flexability
(Slight, even resistance to positioning by examiner), Mutism, Negativism (Little to no
response to instructions or other stimuli), Posturing (Spontaneous and active matinence
of a posture against gravity), Mannerism (Odd, circumstantial caricature of normal
actions), Stereotypy (repetitive, abnormally frequent, non-goal directed movemnt),
Agitation, Grimacing, Echolalia, Echopraxia
