LMSW EXAM: DSM 5 AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
VERIFIED AND 100% ACCURATE ANSWERS BRAND NEW
EXAM ALREADY GRADED A+ PASS
comorbid Ans✓✓✓ existing with or at the same time (illnesses or
disorders)
contraindicated Ans✓✓✓ not recommended or safe to use (ex. meds)
delusion Ans✓✓✓ false, fixed belief
disorientation Ans✓✓✓ confusion with regard to person, time, or place
dissociation Ans✓✓✓ disturbance or change in the usually integrative
functions of memory, identity, perception, or consciousness; common in
those with trauma
endogenous depression Ans✓✓✓ ___ caused by a biochemical
imbalance
exogenous depression Ans✓✓✓ ___ caused by external events or
psychosocial stressors
folie a deux Ans✓✓✓ shared delusion
, hallucinations Ans✓✓✓ false sensory experiences; auditory most
common
hypomanic Ans✓✓✓ elevated, expansive, or irritable mood that is less
severe than full-blown manic symptoms; not severe enough to interfere
with functioning and no psychosis
postmorbid Ans✓✓✓ subsequent to the onset of an illness
premorbid Ans✓✓✓ prior to the onset of an illness
psychotic Ans✓✓✓ experiencing delusions or hallucinations; not
necessarily violent
ego syntonic Ans✓✓✓ behaviors in sync with the ego (no guilt); if
symptoms are this, hard to treat
ego dystonic Ans✓✓✓ behavior not in sync with the ego = guilt; easier
to engage in treatment
multiaxial system Ans✓✓✓ discarded in DSM 5; axis I, II, and III
combined into one axis with all mental and other medical diagnoses;
axis IV replaced with significant psychosocial and contextual features;
dropped axis V (GAF); added WHODAS 2.0 (disability assessment
schedule); each section is developmentally organized
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
VERIFIED AND 100% ACCURATE ANSWERS BRAND NEW
EXAM ALREADY GRADED A+ PASS
comorbid Ans✓✓✓ existing with or at the same time (illnesses or
disorders)
contraindicated Ans✓✓✓ not recommended or safe to use (ex. meds)
delusion Ans✓✓✓ false, fixed belief
disorientation Ans✓✓✓ confusion with regard to person, time, or place
dissociation Ans✓✓✓ disturbance or change in the usually integrative
functions of memory, identity, perception, or consciousness; common in
those with trauma
endogenous depression Ans✓✓✓ ___ caused by a biochemical
imbalance
exogenous depression Ans✓✓✓ ___ caused by external events or
psychosocial stressors
folie a deux Ans✓✓✓ shared delusion
, hallucinations Ans✓✓✓ false sensory experiences; auditory most
common
hypomanic Ans✓✓✓ elevated, expansive, or irritable mood that is less
severe than full-blown manic symptoms; not severe enough to interfere
with functioning and no psychosis
postmorbid Ans✓✓✓ subsequent to the onset of an illness
premorbid Ans✓✓✓ prior to the onset of an illness
psychotic Ans✓✓✓ experiencing delusions or hallucinations; not
necessarily violent
ego syntonic Ans✓✓✓ behaviors in sync with the ego (no guilt); if
symptoms are this, hard to treat
ego dystonic Ans✓✓✓ behavior not in sync with the ego = guilt; easier
to engage in treatment
multiaxial system Ans✓✓✓ discarded in DSM 5; axis I, II, and III
combined into one axis with all mental and other medical diagnoses;
axis IV replaced with significant psychosocial and contextual features;
dropped axis V (GAF); added WHODAS 2.0 (disability assessment
schedule); each section is developmentally organized
