KAPLAN AND SADOCKS SYNOPSIS OF
PSYCHIATRY EXAMINATION TEST 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ 2 important psychiatric classifications are: Answer: 1. Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) - APA
2. International Classification of Diseases (ICD) - WHO
◉ 3 basic features of the DSM-5 Answer: 1. Descriptive approach:
Describe manifestation of the mental disorder
2. Diagnostic Criteria: list of features
3. Systematic Description
◉ What is meant by systematic description? Answer: Systematically
describes each disorder:
age, culture, gender-related features
prevalence, incidence, risk
course
complications
,predisposing factors
familial pattern
DDx
when relevant labs & physical signs/symptoms
◉ What is not included in DSM? 3 Answer: theories of causes
management or Tx
controversial issues
◉ Significant, below average intelligence and impairment in
adaptive functioning Answer: Intellectual Disability/Intellectual
Developmental Disorder
◉ A variation of intellectual disability for children younger than 5
years with severe defects exceeding those above Answer: Global
developmental delay
◉ 4 types of Communication Disorders
1. impaired vocab, difficulty in age-appropriate sentences
2. difficulty in articulation
3. difficulty in fluency, rate, rhythm
, 4. Difficulty in social interaction/communication w/ peers Answer:
1. Language Disorder (impaired vocab, difficulty in age-appropriate
sentences)
2. Speech sound disorder (difficulty in articulation)
3. childhood-onset fluency disorder/stuttering (difficulty in fluency,
rate, rhythm)
4. social/pragmatic communication disorder (difficulty in social
interaction/communication w/ peers)
◉ Range of behaviors characterized by severe difficulties in multiple
developmental areas, including social relatedness, communications,
and range of activity and repetitive and stereotypical patterns of
behavior Answer: Autism spectrum Disorder
Level 1: most normal (able to speak, reduced interaction)
Level 3: most severe (no speech or social interaction)
◉ 3 Major types of motor disorders?
1. impaired development of motor coordination (delays in crawling,
walking, dropping things, poor sports performance)
PSYCHIATRY EXAMINATION TEST 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ 2 important psychiatric classifications are: Answer: 1. Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) - APA
2. International Classification of Diseases (ICD) - WHO
◉ 3 basic features of the DSM-5 Answer: 1. Descriptive approach:
Describe manifestation of the mental disorder
2. Diagnostic Criteria: list of features
3. Systematic Description
◉ What is meant by systematic description? Answer: Systematically
describes each disorder:
age, culture, gender-related features
prevalence, incidence, risk
course
complications
,predisposing factors
familial pattern
DDx
when relevant labs & physical signs/symptoms
◉ What is not included in DSM? 3 Answer: theories of causes
management or Tx
controversial issues
◉ Significant, below average intelligence and impairment in
adaptive functioning Answer: Intellectual Disability/Intellectual
Developmental Disorder
◉ A variation of intellectual disability for children younger than 5
years with severe defects exceeding those above Answer: Global
developmental delay
◉ 4 types of Communication Disorders
1. impaired vocab, difficulty in age-appropriate sentences
2. difficulty in articulation
3. difficulty in fluency, rate, rhythm
, 4. Difficulty in social interaction/communication w/ peers Answer:
1. Language Disorder (impaired vocab, difficulty in age-appropriate
sentences)
2. Speech sound disorder (difficulty in articulation)
3. childhood-onset fluency disorder/stuttering (difficulty in fluency,
rate, rhythm)
4. social/pragmatic communication disorder (difficulty in social
interaction/communication w/ peers)
◉ Range of behaviors characterized by severe difficulties in multiple
developmental areas, including social relatedness, communications,
and range of activity and repetitive and stereotypical patterns of
behavior Answer: Autism spectrum Disorder
Level 1: most normal (able to speak, reduced interaction)
Level 3: most severe (no speech or social interaction)
◉ 3 Major types of motor disorders?
1. impaired development of motor coordination (delays in crawling,
walking, dropping things, poor sports performance)
