Psych 333 Final Exam Study Guide: Comprehensive Psychology Review
Spectrums of mental disorders means that disorders can occur at both ends of the spectrums-
very low and very high.
True
False - ANS ✔✔TRUE
Which of the following is true about ordering diagnoses in the DSM-5? - ANS ✔✔A medical
diagnosis should be listed before a mental health diagnosis if the mental health diagnosis is the
result from that medical condition.
One of the most important aspects of the DSM classification system is to describe and
communicate with other professionals. - ANS ✔✔True
You are making a diagnosis using the DSM-5. You believe this individual's impairment to
functioning and/or distress is of clinical significance. However, his list of symptoms to meet
criteria for Generalized Anxiety Disorder is one short of that required in the DSM. Which would
be the most accurate way to write this diagnosis? - ANS ✔✔Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Other
Specified, insufficient symptoms
A client has a heart attack that results in an adjustment disorder with depression. When writing
the diagnosis, the adjustment disorder should be listed first and the heart attack should be
listed second. - ANS ✔✔False
A provisional diagnosis should be given in which of the following situations? - ANS ✔✔When
the clinician believes this is the diagnosis but can't yet substaniate
Which of the following is NOT a reason to understand diagnosis today? - ANS ✔✔all of these are
reasons
, One of the first formal classification systems of mental illness prior to the DSM was called the: -
ANS ✔✔Medical 203
Which of the following is true about subtypes in the DSM-5? - ANS ✔✔They are mutually
exclusive you can only pick one.
Which of the following is true about specifiers in the DSM-5?
a.
They are mutually exclusive - you can only pick one.
b.
They are helpful in cross referencing DSM-5 diagnosis with ICD-9 or ICD-10 diagnosis.
c.
They are noted by the phrase "Specify if."
d.
They are used to capture the severity of an illness. - ANS ✔✔They are noted by the phrase
"Specify if"
The DSM-5 has diagnostic codes that match both the the International Classification of Diseases,
9th revision, (ICD-9) and 10th revision (ICD-10). - ANS ✔✔True
Two major components of mental disorders include emotional regulation and developmental
processes. - ANS ✔✔True
Why is diagnosis important in the assessment process?
a.
Spectrums of mental disorders means that disorders can occur at both ends of the spectrums-
very low and very high.
True
False - ANS ✔✔TRUE
Which of the following is true about ordering diagnoses in the DSM-5? - ANS ✔✔A medical
diagnosis should be listed before a mental health diagnosis if the mental health diagnosis is the
result from that medical condition.
One of the most important aspects of the DSM classification system is to describe and
communicate with other professionals. - ANS ✔✔True
You are making a diagnosis using the DSM-5. You believe this individual's impairment to
functioning and/or distress is of clinical significance. However, his list of symptoms to meet
criteria for Generalized Anxiety Disorder is one short of that required in the DSM. Which would
be the most accurate way to write this diagnosis? - ANS ✔✔Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Other
Specified, insufficient symptoms
A client has a heart attack that results in an adjustment disorder with depression. When writing
the diagnosis, the adjustment disorder should be listed first and the heart attack should be
listed second. - ANS ✔✔False
A provisional diagnosis should be given in which of the following situations? - ANS ✔✔When
the clinician believes this is the diagnosis but can't yet substaniate
Which of the following is NOT a reason to understand diagnosis today? - ANS ✔✔all of these are
reasons
, One of the first formal classification systems of mental illness prior to the DSM was called the: -
ANS ✔✔Medical 203
Which of the following is true about subtypes in the DSM-5? - ANS ✔✔They are mutually
exclusive you can only pick one.
Which of the following is true about specifiers in the DSM-5?
a.
They are mutually exclusive - you can only pick one.
b.
They are helpful in cross referencing DSM-5 diagnosis with ICD-9 or ICD-10 diagnosis.
c.
They are noted by the phrase "Specify if."
d.
They are used to capture the severity of an illness. - ANS ✔✔They are noted by the phrase
"Specify if"
The DSM-5 has diagnostic codes that match both the the International Classification of Diseases,
9th revision, (ICD-9) and 10th revision (ICD-10). - ANS ✔✔True
Two major components of mental disorders include emotional regulation and developmental
processes. - ANS ✔✔True
Why is diagnosis important in the assessment process?
a.
