DSM-5-TR SUMMARIES
DSM-5-TR Summaries: Initial Assignment
Brittany Phillips
Department of Counselor Education and Family Studies, Liberty University
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Brittany Phillips
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DSM-5-TR SUMMARIES
There are different types of Bipolar Disorder; Bipolar I, Bipolar II, and cyclothymic
disorder. In the instance of Bipolar I disorder, there has to be manic-depressive disorder and
affective psychosis in the patient, it also shows that most patients experience major depressive
disorder. Bipolar II requires either major depressive disorder or one hypomanic episode.
Individuals with Cyclothymic disorder can be diagnosed in both adults and children and does
not require a manic episode, nor major depression. It’s important to note that there are also
phenomena that exist, such as substance or medication induced bipolar disorders.
Bipolar I requires at least one manic episode which means that there is a period in which
a persons mood is abnormally elevated or irritable, with rapid shifts in mood. With mania
comes overlapping projects, high self-esteem, lack of sleep, rapid speech, racing thoughts, and
grandiosity. A big issue that comes with manic episodes are that the person experiencing them
do not realize that there is a problem. Bipolar I is typically diagnosed at roughly age 22 in both
men and women. It’s important to know what can cause Bipolar I, we know that childhood
adversity and genetics are known to play parts in Bipolar I. Bipolar I can be misdiagnosed with
major depressive disorder, this is because major depressive disorder is prevalent in Bipolar I.
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There are a majority of depressive disorders included in the realm of depressive
disorders. Major depressive disorder has at least a two weeks time period of discrete episodes.
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder is a depressive disorder which shows severe
irritability and outbursts. These symptoms must occur for over at least a year in both the home
and school. This disorder is prevalent among children but there is no real difference between
men and women. There is an onset of disruptive mood dysregulation disorder is between ages 6
and 10 years of age. The criteria that children with major depressive dysregulation disorder
meet are often time the same as the criteria of ADHD.
Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder can be caused when a child has a family history
of depression.
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References
American Psychiatric Association. (2022). Diagnostic and statistical manual
of mental disorders (5th ed., text
rev.). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425787
