Week Five Quiz Summary
Dear Students,
Here is your Week Five Summary
1.DSM5 criteria for specific diagnosis includes length and number of symptoms
2.Adjustment disorder can be indicated as a diagnosis with significant life events, specifiers
might include depressed mood, anxiety etc.
3.Remember to review all screening tools for content, what they measure, scoring and treatment
indications.
Week Five Exam Review
Review Depression screening across the lifespan, when do you consider Unipolar versus
Bipolar depression. Review Geriatric Depression Scale, indications, scoring and indications
for treatment.
Review DSM5 TR diagnostic criteria for depression and adjustment disorder with depressed
mood
Review differentials for depressed mood including physical illnesses and medication/substance
use.
When can anxious distress be used as a modifier?
Which non-pharmacological measures are effective in treatment of depression and when are
they appropriate
Antidepressant dosing including starting doses
Review Bipolar screening across the lifespan
Review DSM5 TR diagnostic criteria for bipolar I versus bipolar II versus cyclothymia – how
to differentiate
Review differentials for bipolar including physical illnesses and medication/substance use.
Review rapid cycling of type 1 bipolar disorder – who is at higher risk for rapid cycling
Manic triggers including medication management
Treatment of acute manic episodes – what is first line treatment (mood stabilization)
Manic symptoms – urgent treatment and consequences of not treating (length of non-treated
episodes)
Dear Students,
Here is your Week Five Summary
1.DSM5 criteria for specific diagnosis includes length and number of symptoms
2.Adjustment disorder can be indicated as a diagnosis with significant life events, specifiers
might include depressed mood, anxiety etc.
3.Remember to review all screening tools for content, what they measure, scoring and treatment
indications.
Week Five Exam Review
Review Depression screening across the lifespan, when do you consider Unipolar versus
Bipolar depression. Review Geriatric Depression Scale, indications, scoring and indications
for treatment.
Review DSM5 TR diagnostic criteria for depression and adjustment disorder with depressed
mood
Review differentials for depressed mood including physical illnesses and medication/substance
use.
When can anxious distress be used as a modifier?
Which non-pharmacological measures are effective in treatment of depression and when are
they appropriate
Antidepressant dosing including starting doses
Review Bipolar screening across the lifespan
Review DSM5 TR diagnostic criteria for bipolar I versus bipolar II versus cyclothymia – how
to differentiate
Review differentials for bipolar including physical illnesses and medication/substance use.
Review rapid cycling of type 1 bipolar disorder – who is at higher risk for rapid cycling
Manic triggers including medication management
Treatment of acute manic episodes – what is first line treatment (mood stabilization)
Manic symptoms – urgent treatment and consequences of not treating (length of non-treated
episodes)
