DSM-5 SUMMARIES ASSIGNMENT
DSM-5 Summaries Assignment
Najah Blassingame
Department of Counselor Education and Family Studies
CEFS546: Psychopathology
Liberty University
Author Note
Department of Counselor Education and Family Studies, Liberty University
I have no known conflict of interest to disclose.
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Najah Blassingame
Email: nblasingame@liberty.edu
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“All of the following information was taken from the Diagnostic and Static Manual 5th Edition
(American Psychiatric Association, 2013) unless otherwise noted.”
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Bipolar and Related Disorder
Overview
Bipolar and Related disorders are categorized by genetics, family history, and symptoms.
There are different ways to be diagnosed with a bipolar disorder. The Bipolar I disorder can
sometimes display manic, hypomanic, and/or major depressive episodes. Many individuals will
pick up different habits to cope with this disorder such as gambling and sexual acts. Bipolar I can
affect adults and children, but it affects them differently. Bipolar II disorder is an experience of at
least one major depression and at least one hypomanic episode. It makes it no longer a mild
condition to an individual. There is also a diagnosis of cyclothymic disorder that adults are
diagnosed with from having hypomanic and depressive periods. Substance abuse, prescribed
medicine and other medical conditions can cause a bipolar disorder. Similar symptoms that they
share are depressed moods, decreased need for sleep, more talkative and distractibility.
Disorders
In the bipolar disorders all of them are characterized by how extreme the individuals’
episodes are. This disorder is different because of duration of episodes. They range from how
severe the episodes are. They range from Bipolar I to Bipolar II to Cyclothymic Disorder. These
disorders cause episodes that could be Mild, Moderate or Severe.
Risk and Prognostic Factors
The disorder that I am interested in is the Bipolar II Disorder because it discusses the
Hypomanic and Major Depressive Disorder that affects a person currently or in the past. The risk
and prognostic factors that are listed are Genetic and physiological that people with this disorder
is opposed to people with Bipolar I Disorder. Course modifiers shows that a rapid-cycling pattern
is associated with a poorer diagnosis.
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Depressive Disorder
Overview
Depressive Disorders has the symptoms of sad, empty, or irritable moods. This disorder
can affect adults and children. Depressive disorders shows that bereavement induce major
suffering, but it does not typically induce an episode of major depressive disorder. The
depressive symptoms and functional impairment are more severe, and the diagnoses is worse
when it is accompanied by bereavement. The common feature of this disorder is the presence of
sadness, emptiness, or irritable moods that includes somatic and cognitive changes to affect a
person way of functioning correctly. This disorder is not always about sadness symptoms
because some symptoms that these disorders share in this category are no pleasure or interest in
activities, low energy, and low self-esteem.
Disorders
In the Depressive disorders all of them are characterized by the feelings of sadness. This
disorder is different because of the time frame of the symptoms. The different disorders in this
category are disruptive mood dysregulation disorder, major depressive disorder, persistent
depressive disorder, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, and substance/medication-induced
depressive disorder.
Risk and Prognostic Factors
The disorder that I am interested in is Persistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthymia)
because it is a chronic and major depressive disorder. The temperamental factors of this disorder
are poorer global functioning and neuroticism which is negative affectivity. The environmental
factors of this disorder are childhood risk factors such as parental loss or separation. In genetic
factors there are no clear differences in illness development.
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Anxiety Disorders
Overview
Anxiety disorders differ from fear or anxiety by being excessive or persisting over a
period of time. These anxiety disorders develop in childhood and tend to persist if not treated.
Most anxiety disorders occur more frequently in females than in males. This disorder has many
different types of anxiety disorders such as Separation Anxiety, Selective Mutism, Specific
Phobia, Social Anxiety (Social Phobia), Panic Disorder, Panic Attack Specifier, Agoraphobia,
and Generalized Anxiety Disorder. These disorders characterize each disorder by the severity of
anxiety and changes over time. Irritability, sleep disturbances, and poor appetite is some of the
similar symptoms of these disorders.
Disorders
In the anxiety disorder all of them are characterized by the type of panic attack an
individual experience. Panic attacks causes a person to feel like they are dying, sweating, feeling
dizzy, chest pain and chills/heat sensations. Panic attacks in anxiety disorders can suddenly
happen at a calm state or an anxious state. Panic attacks can be labeled by frequencies such as
moderate or short.
Risk and Prognostic Factors
I am interested in the Social Anxiety Disorder because I know plenty of people that
struggle with this particular disorder. This disorder causes individuals to be afraid in engaging in
social situations such as meeting unfamiliar people, performing in front of others, and being
observed while doing different daily task. Some of the risk and prognostic factors are the fear of
negative evaluation which is temperamental, child maltreatment which is environmental, and
genetic factor is children with high behavioral inhibition.
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References
American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders (5th ed.). American Psychiatric Association.
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