Psychiatric Disorders Clinical Diagnosis Workbook

The presence of at least five specific depressive symptoms
A positive family history of mood disorders
Whether the symptoms cause clinically significant distress or functional impairment
Confirmation of symptoms by a collateral informant
Circumstantial
Flight of ideas
Thought blocking
Tangential
Ruminative thinking patterns
Family history of depression
Recent job loss
Low serotonin levels
The affect changes rapidly between emotional extremes
The patient is unable to express any emotional range
The affect is exaggerated relative to the clinical situation
The observed emotional expression does not match the reported mood or speech content
Construct validity
Inter-rater reliability
Diagnostic sensitivity
Predictive validity
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
Social anxiety disorder
Autism spectrum disorder
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Predominantly inattentive presentation
Predominantly hyperactive-impulsive presentation
Combined presentation
Unspecified ADHD
Intellectual disability, mild
ADHD, predominantly inattentive presentation
Language disorder
Specific learning disorder with impairment in reading
Persistent motor tic disorder
Tourette's disorder
Provisional tic disorder
Stereotypic movement disorder
Asperger's disorder remains a separate diagnosis for high-functioning individuals
ASD requires language delay as a mandatory diagnostic criterion
DSM-5 uses a single ASD diagnosis with severity levels based on support needs
Social communication deficits alone are sufficient for ASD diagnosis
Schizophrenia
Schizophreniform disorder
Brief psychotic disorder
Delusional disorder
Schizophrenia with comorbid major depression
Major depressive disorder with psychotic features
Bipolar disorder with psychotic features
Schizoaffective disorder, depressive type
Antipsychotic-induced extrapyramidal side effects
Negative symptoms of schizophrenia
Comorbid major depressive disorder
Medication non-adherence
Schizophrenia
Schizophreniform disorder
Brief psychotic disorder
Acute stress disorder
Delusional disorder, persecutory type
Paranoid personality disorder
Schizophrenia, paranoid presentation
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Bipolar II disorder
Bipolar I disorder, current episode manic with psychotic features
Schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type
Schizophrenia
Bipolar II disorder
Bipolar I disorder
Cyclothymic disorder
Major depressive disorder with mixed features
Serotonin syndrome
Excessive sedation
Rapid weight gain
Inducing a manic episode or accelerating mood cycling
Valproate
Carbamazepine
Lithium
Lamotrigine
Bipolar II disorder
Cyclothymic disorder
Persistent depressive disorder
Borderline personality disorder
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Atypical features
Melancholic features
Catatonic features
Anxious distress
Major depressive disorder with mood-congruent psychotic features
Schizoaffective disorder, depressive type
Schizophrenia with comorbid depression
Major depressive disorder with anxious distress
Major depressive disorder, recurrent
Adjustment disorder with depressed mood
Cyclothymic disorder
Persistent depressive disorder
Bipolar I disorder, current episode manic
Oppositional defiant disorder
Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder
Intermittent explosive disorder
Panic disorder
Social anxiety disorder
Generalised anxiety disorder
Adjustment disorder with anxiety
Generalised anxiety disorder
Panic disorder
Specific phobia
Illness anxiety disorder
Social anxiety disorder
Agoraphobia
Avoidant personality disorder
Specific phobia, situational type
Serotonin syndrome
Hepatotoxicity
QTc prolongation
Physiological dependence and withdrawal
Panic disorder
Specific phobia, situational type
Agoraphobia
Generalised anxiety disorder
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Illness anxiety disorder
Generalised anxiety disorder
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Social anxiety disorder
Somatic symptom disorder
Delusional disorder, somatic type
Body dysmorphic disorder
Adding a benzodiazepine
Low-dose atypical antipsychotic augmentation
Adding a second SSRI
Switching to a stimulant medication
Obsessive-compulsive disorder with hoarding symptoms
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
Hoarding disorder
Major depressive disorder with psychomotor retardation
OCD symptoms are ego-dystonic; OCPD traits are ego-syntonic
OCD always involves contamination fears; OCPD does not
OCPD is more severe and treatment-resistant than OCD
OCD responds to antipsychotics; OCPD responds to SSRIs
Acute stress disorder
Adjustment disorder with anxiety
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Generalised anxiety disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Acute stress disorder
Adjustment disorder
Brief psychotic disorder
They interfere with fear extinction and may worsen long-term outcomes
They are ineffective for anxiety symptoms in all conditions
They cause serotonin syndrome when combined with SSRIs
They are contraindicated in patients with a trauma history
Major depressive disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Persistent depressive disorder
Adjustment disorder with depressed mood
Depersonalisation
A flashback experience
Derealisation
A dissociative fugue
Transient global amnesia
Malingering
Dissociative identity disorder
Dissociative amnesia with dissociative fugue
Depersonalisation/derealisation disorder
Dissociative identity disorder
Schizophrenia
Panic disorder
The presence of auditory experiences
The documented childhood trauma history
The internal quality of the voices and amnesia for daily activities
The patient's age at presentation
Post-traumatic amnesia from head injury
Dissociative amnesia, localised type
PTSD with dissociative features
Malingering for legal purposes
Immediate abreaction to recover and process traumatic memories
Antipsychotic medication as primary treatment
Hypnosis to merge all personality states in the first session
Phase-oriented therapy: stabilisation, trauma processing, then integration
Illness anxiety disorder
Somatic symptom disorder
Generalised anxiety disorder
Malingering
Conversion disorder (functional neurological symptom disorder)
Somatic symptom disorder
Malingering
Factitious disorder
Somatic symptom disorder in the child
Illness anxiety disorder in the mother
Malingering
Factitious disorder imposed on another
Somatic symptom disorder
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Illness anxiety disorder
Generalised anxiety disorder
The type of symptoms presented
The presence or absence of external incentives motivating the behaviour
Whether the patient has a healthcare background
The severity of the physical findings
Anorexia nervosa, restricting type
Anorexia nervosa, binge-eating/purging type
Bulimia nervosa
Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder
Anorexia nervosa, binge-eating/purging type
Binge eating disorder
Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder
Bulimia nervosa
Oesophageal rupture
Renal failure
Fatal cardiac arrhythmia from hypokalaemia
Hepatic encephalopathy
Anorexia nervosa, restricting type
Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder
Pica
Rumination disorder
Refeeding syndrome with hypophosphataemia
Pulmonary embolism
Septic shock
Acute pancreatitis
Benzodiazepine (e.g. diazepam) using a symptom-triggered protocol
Haloperidol for agitation management
Phenytoin for seizure prophylaxis
Gabapentin as monotherapy
Methadone
Buprenorphine
Naloxone
Clonidine
Mild
Moderate
Severe
Cannot be classified without knowing which specific criteria are met
Ethanol
Methanol
Acetic acid
Acetaldehyde
Internet gaming disorder
Sex addiction
Gambling disorder
Shopping addiction
Histrionic personality disorder
Borderline personality disorder
Bipolar II disorder
Dependent personality disorder
Antisocial personality disorder
Narcissistic personality disorder
Borderline personality disorder
Paranoid personality disorder
Social anxiety disorder
Schizoid personality disorder
Avoidant personality disorder
Dependent personality disorder
Psychodynamic psychotherapy
Cognitive behavioural therapy (standard)
Interpersonal therapy
Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT)
Schizoid personality disorder
Schizotypal personality disorder
Paranoid personality disorder
Schizophrenia, residual
Mild neurocognitive disorder due to Alzheimer's disease
Major neurocognitive disorder due to Alzheimer's disease
Vascular neurocognitive disorder
Delirium
Major neurocognitive disorder with Lewy bodies
Parkinson's disease dementia
Delirium superimposed on dementia
Major neurocognitive disorder due to Alzheimer's disease
Major neurocognitive disorder due to Alzheimer's disease
Antisocial personality disorder
Major neurocognitive disorder due to frontotemporal lobar degeneration
Major depressive disorder
Major neurocognitive disorder with rapid progression
Major depressive episode with psychotic features
Lewy body dementia
Delirium
They accelerate amyloid plaque deposition
They cause severe neuroleptic sensitivity with life-threatening rigidity and obtundation
They worsen visual hallucinations paradoxically
They are contraindicated with cholinesterase inhibitors
Diagnose panic disorder and start an SSRI
Diagnose conversion disorder and refer to neurology
Acknowledge the cultural context and assess for underlying psychiatric conditions
Diagnose brief psychotic disorder and prescribe an antipsychotic
Maintain confidentiality as the therapeutic relationship is paramount
Take steps to protect the identified potential victim, including possible notification
Discharge the patient from care due to the threat
Wait until the patient acts on the threat before intervening
The patient's decision-making capacity for this specific treatment decision
The patient's insurance coverage for inpatient treatment
Whether the patient has a history of medication non-adherence
The opinion of the patient's family members
Hypothyroidism
Cushing's syndrome
Systemic lupus erythematosus
Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis
Understanding
Appreciation
Reasoning
Expressing a choice