PSY 334 Exam #2 || with 100% Errorless Answers.
Person First Language correct answers Person first language is language that honors a persons
individuality and humanity first and recognizes that a diagnosis is not who a person is but instead
a part of them
Ex: "A person experiencing homelessness" rather than "a homeless person"
Stigma correct answers -includes negative attitudes toward people with mental health or
substance use challenges and can lead to discrimination
-Stigma makes it difficult for people to reach out
Mental Wellness, Mental Health correct answers "a state of well-being in which the individual
realizes is or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life"
What is a mental disorder? correct answers -Clinically significant disturbance in cognition,
emotion regulation
-Significant distress or disability
-Multiple areas of functioning
What is the DSM? correct answers -Diagnostic manual used by counselors, psychologists, and
psychiatrists
-Help guide diagnostic decision making
-Only classification system addressing mental disorders in current widespread use in most
professional settings
History of the DSM correct answers -We are on DSM-5
-We have seen an expansion of disorders over time
-DSM-3 came out in 1980 and we began to see criteria and checklist for disorders, introduced a
multiracial system
The current DSM correct answers -Published in 2013
-Task Force and Work Groups shaped its development (primarily composed of researchers, not
clinicians)
-Greater consistency between DSM and ICD
Changes to the DSM-5 correct answers -Title change DSM-5, previous versions used Roman
numbers, I, II, III, IV, to reflect that this is a living document
-Multi-axial system was eliminated
-New disorders:
*Premenstrual dysmorphic disorder
*Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder
*Binge Eating Disorder
*Mild neurocognitive disorder
, *Somatic symptom disorder
*Hoarding disorder
-Revised Disorders
*Bereavement exclusion has been dropped from major depressive disorder
*Autistic disorder and Asperger's are now Autism Spectrum disorders
*ADHD minimum age 7 to 12; adult need 5 (instead of 6) for diagnosis
*BN binge at least once a week (previously 2/weeks)
*AN dropped weight requirement of less than 85% of expected body weight and now takes age,
sex, development, and physical health into account
*Mental retardation - name change to intellectual disorder (intellectual development disorder)
*OCD removed from Anxiety D/os
*Mood disorders split into two (Depressive Disorders and Bipolar and Related Disorders)
How many people will experience a mental disorder? correct answers -1 in 5 American adults in
any given year
-Almost half of all adults living in the US will experience some sort of change in their level of
functioning and changes the way they live their lives at some point over the course of their
lifetime
Culture and DSM-5 correct answers -Greater cultural sensitivity
*Recognizes that cultural context must be taken into account
*E.g., Schizophrenia - "Ideas that appear to be delusional in one culture may be commonly held
in another (witchcraft)"
*E.g., uncontrollable crying and headaches are symptoms of panic disorders in some cultures,
while creating difficulties might be in another culture
-Modified culturally determined criteria
-Addresses cultural concepts of distress
Alternate directions in Diagnosis and Classification correct answers Categorical approach:
-The current approach to DSM
-An individual falls in the "yes" or "no" category for having a particular disorder
-"Black and white" approach (no shades of grey)
-May correspond well with human tendency to think categorically
-Facilitates communication
Dimensional approach:
-All of us share the same fundamental characteristics but differ in the amounts of these
characteristics
-What are the fundamental characteristics?
*Five-factor model of personality
*OCEAN
Categorical system correct answers Depressive Disorders:
Person First Language correct answers Person first language is language that honors a persons
individuality and humanity first and recognizes that a diagnosis is not who a person is but instead
a part of them
Ex: "A person experiencing homelessness" rather than "a homeless person"
Stigma correct answers -includes negative attitudes toward people with mental health or
substance use challenges and can lead to discrimination
-Stigma makes it difficult for people to reach out
Mental Wellness, Mental Health correct answers "a state of well-being in which the individual
realizes is or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life"
What is a mental disorder? correct answers -Clinically significant disturbance in cognition,
emotion regulation
-Significant distress or disability
-Multiple areas of functioning
What is the DSM? correct answers -Diagnostic manual used by counselors, psychologists, and
psychiatrists
-Help guide diagnostic decision making
-Only classification system addressing mental disorders in current widespread use in most
professional settings
History of the DSM correct answers -We are on DSM-5
-We have seen an expansion of disorders over time
-DSM-3 came out in 1980 and we began to see criteria and checklist for disorders, introduced a
multiracial system
The current DSM correct answers -Published in 2013
-Task Force and Work Groups shaped its development (primarily composed of researchers, not
clinicians)
-Greater consistency between DSM and ICD
Changes to the DSM-5 correct answers -Title change DSM-5, previous versions used Roman
numbers, I, II, III, IV, to reflect that this is a living document
-Multi-axial system was eliminated
-New disorders:
*Premenstrual dysmorphic disorder
*Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder
*Binge Eating Disorder
*Mild neurocognitive disorder
, *Somatic symptom disorder
*Hoarding disorder
-Revised Disorders
*Bereavement exclusion has been dropped from major depressive disorder
*Autistic disorder and Asperger's are now Autism Spectrum disorders
*ADHD minimum age 7 to 12; adult need 5 (instead of 6) for diagnosis
*BN binge at least once a week (previously 2/weeks)
*AN dropped weight requirement of less than 85% of expected body weight and now takes age,
sex, development, and physical health into account
*Mental retardation - name change to intellectual disorder (intellectual development disorder)
*OCD removed from Anxiety D/os
*Mood disorders split into two (Depressive Disorders and Bipolar and Related Disorders)
How many people will experience a mental disorder? correct answers -1 in 5 American adults in
any given year
-Almost half of all adults living in the US will experience some sort of change in their level of
functioning and changes the way they live their lives at some point over the course of their
lifetime
Culture and DSM-5 correct answers -Greater cultural sensitivity
*Recognizes that cultural context must be taken into account
*E.g., Schizophrenia - "Ideas that appear to be delusional in one culture may be commonly held
in another (witchcraft)"
*E.g., uncontrollable crying and headaches are symptoms of panic disorders in some cultures,
while creating difficulties might be in another culture
-Modified culturally determined criteria
-Addresses cultural concepts of distress
Alternate directions in Diagnosis and Classification correct answers Categorical approach:
-The current approach to DSM
-An individual falls in the "yes" or "no" category for having a particular disorder
-"Black and white" approach (no shades of grey)
-May correspond well with human tendency to think categorically
-Facilitates communication
Dimensional approach:
-All of us share the same fundamental characteristics but differ in the amounts of these
characteristics
-What are the fundamental characteristics?
*Five-factor model of personality
*OCEAN
Categorical system correct answers Depressive Disorders:
