DSM-5 SUMMARIES ASSIGNMENT
DSM-5 Summaries Assignment #2
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.”
Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders
Overview
Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders are separated by 10 classes of drugs: alcohol;
caffeine; cannabis; hallucinogens and other hallucinogens; inhalants; opioids; sedatives;
hypnotics, and anxiolytics; stimulants; tobacco; and other (or unknown) substances. These
disorders are separated in two groups: substance use and substance-induced disorder. An
addiction disorder that is included is gambling addiction. These disorders are a collection of
cognitive (mental), behavioral (the way a person act) and physiological (physical) symptoms.
These symptoms can be identified as slurred speech, excitement, sweating and incoordination.
Disorders
In the Substance-related and Addictive Disorders are separated by the type of drug or
addiction type. The substances are ordered as: alcohol; caffeine; cannabis; hallucinogens and
other hallucinogens; inhalants; opioids; sedatives; hypnotics, and anxiolytics; stimulants;
tobacco; and other (or unknown) substances. This disorder is also separated by the range of
severity from mild to moderate to severe. A mild substance use can be two or three, moderate
contains four to five symptoms, and severe contains six or more symptoms. Many people can use
substances in many ways such as use, intoxication, and withdrawal.
Risk and Prognostic Factors
One disorder I am interested in is the Alcohol Intoxication Disorder. The Alcohol
Intoxication Disorder happens during the recent ingestion of alcohol. The symptoms that a
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person can experience is slurred speech, incoordination, hard time walking, rapid eye movement,
difficulty in paying attention, and coma. Some of the risk and prognostic factors of Alcohol
Intoxication Disorder is episodes of alcohol intoxication increase with personality characteristics
of sensation seeking and reckless. This is identified as a temperamental factor. The
environmental factor of this disorder is episodes of alcohol intoxication increase with heavy
drinking environment.
Trauma And Stressor Related Disorders
Overview
Trauma and stressor related disorders is when an individual is exposed to a traumatic or
stressful event that causes psychological stress. The types of disorders in this category are
reactive attachment disorder, disinhibited social engagement disorder, posttraumatic stress
disorder (PTSD), acute stress disorder and adjustment disorders. There are many types of
symptoms within this category of disorders such as anxiety or fear based, pleasured and unhappy,
angry and aggressive, or separation symptoms. Social neglect plays a major part in the reactive
attachment disorder and the disinhibited social engagement disorder because it displays
depressive symptoms within a child. Many people behave differently when they are experiencing
trauma. Some people may be upset by it and others can still function as if nothing has happened.
Disorders
In the Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders all of the disorders are characterized by
the presence of fear and/or anxiety. This disorder is different because many individuals are
affected throughout their whole life. These disorders have similar symptoms such as irritable
behavior, problems with concentration, difficulty sleeping, and angry outburst.
Obsessive-compulsive and Related Disorders
Overview
Obsessive-Compulsive and related disorders have a variety of disorders that are presented
with obsessions and/or compulsions. The similar symptoms that these disorders share are urges,
episodes of emotions, and insomnia. The different disorders in this category are obsessive-
compulsive disorder (OCD), body dysmorphic disorder, hoarding disorder, trichotillomania
(hair-pulling disorder), and excoriation (skin picking) disorder. These disorders have similar
symptoms such as repetitive behaviors, urges, worries of things and time-consuming activities.
Disorders
In the Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders are characterized by the presence
of repetitive behaviors, or mental acts. These disorders are also characterized by recurrent body
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Risk and Prognostic Factors
The disorder I am interested in is the posttraumatic stress disorder because many people
are affected by it. Adults, Adolescents, and children older than six can experience PTSD. The
symptoms sometimes vary depending on the age of the diagnosed person. The risk and
prognostic factors are divided into pretraumatic, peritraumatic, and posttraumatic factors.
Pretraumatic factors show that childhood emotional problems happen prior to the traumatic
events which is considered temperamental. Peritraumatic factors can be environmental when the
severity of the trauma is recognized as a life threat, personal injury, or interpersonal violence.
This can also occur in military personnel when killing an enemy. Lastly, posttraumatic factors
can be labeled as temperamental when inappropriate strategies are used and the development of
acute stress disorder after a traumatic event.
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focused repetitive behaviors such as hair pulling and skin picking. These disorders can cause
impairment in functioning because of how time consuming the disorder can be.
Risk and Prognostic Factors
I am interested in the Hoarding Disorder because my people struggle with this disorder
and do not realize it. In our textbooks, Kring defines hoarding as when an individual has a
difficulty discarding or parting with their belongings (Kring et al., 2017, p.197). This is the main
problem within a person with a hoarding disorder. One on the risk factors are indecisiveness
which is a temperamental factor because their first-degree relative can suffer from this disorder
also. An environmental factor can be from the individual reporting stressful and traumatic life
experiences causing the onset disorder of Hoarding.
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References
American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders (5th ed.). American Psychiatric Association.
Kring, A. M., Johnson, S. L., Davison, G. C., & Neale, J. M. (2017). Abnormal psychology.
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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