N5546 Unit 4 Exam 2025/2026 Exam
Questions and Answers | 100% Pass
Six basic steps of DSM-5 DDx - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1) r/o malingering &
factitious disorder
2) r/o substance etiology
3) r/o etiology medical condition
4) determining specific primary disorders
5) differentiating adjustment disorder from residual other
specified/unspecified conditions
6) establishing the boundary with no mental disorder
Malingering Disorder - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔when motivation is achievement of
clearly recognizable goal (insurance compensation, avoiding legal/military
responsibilities, obtaining drugs)
factitious disorder - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔when the deceptive behavior is present
in absence of obvious external rewards
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,*to 'assume the sick role' criterion for factitious disorder was dropped in
DSM-5 b/c of the difficulty determining an individual's underlying motivation
for observed behavior
examples of internalizing disorders - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔disorders with
prominent anxiety, depressive, and somatic symptoms (and related
physiological and cognitive symptoms)
*adjacent placements should aid in developing new diagnostic approaches,
including dimensional approaches, while facilitating identification of
biological markers
examples of externalizing disorders - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔disorders with
prominent impulse control, disruptive conduct, and substance use
symptoms/addiction, antisocial behaviors
adjacencies should encourage advances in identifying diagnoses, markers,
and underlying mechanisms
True or False: DSM-5 is organized on developmental and lifespan
considerations - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔True
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, *begins with diagnoses thought to refelct deveopmental processes that
manifest early in life (neurodevelopmental and schizophrenia spectrum and
other psychotic disorders), followed by diagnoses that more commonly
manifest in adolsecense and young adulthood (bipolar, depression,
anxiety), and ends with diagnoses relevant to adulthood/later life
(neurocognitive disorders)
True or False: Gender does not influence illnesses - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔False:
Gender can influence illness in a variety of ways.
1) It may exclusively determine whether an individual is at risk for disorder
(premenstrual dysphoric disorder)
2) gender can moderate overall risk for development of a disorder (such as
differences in prevalence and incidence rates for selected mental
disorders)
3) can influence likeliihood particular symptoms are experienced by an
individual (ADHD symptoms can differ b/w boys & girls)
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Questions and Answers | 100% Pass
Six basic steps of DSM-5 DDx - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1) r/o malingering &
factitious disorder
2) r/o substance etiology
3) r/o etiology medical condition
4) determining specific primary disorders
5) differentiating adjustment disorder from residual other
specified/unspecified conditions
6) establishing the boundary with no mental disorder
Malingering Disorder - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔when motivation is achievement of
clearly recognizable goal (insurance compensation, avoiding legal/military
responsibilities, obtaining drugs)
factitious disorder - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔when the deceptive behavior is present
in absence of obvious external rewards
1
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PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
,*to 'assume the sick role' criterion for factitious disorder was dropped in
DSM-5 b/c of the difficulty determining an individual's underlying motivation
for observed behavior
examples of internalizing disorders - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔disorders with
prominent anxiety, depressive, and somatic symptoms (and related
physiological and cognitive symptoms)
*adjacent placements should aid in developing new diagnostic approaches,
including dimensional approaches, while facilitating identification of
biological markers
examples of externalizing disorders - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔disorders with
prominent impulse control, disruptive conduct, and substance use
symptoms/addiction, antisocial behaviors
adjacencies should encourage advances in identifying diagnoses, markers,
and underlying mechanisms
True or False: DSM-5 is organized on developmental and lifespan
considerations - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔True
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, *begins with diagnoses thought to refelct deveopmental processes that
manifest early in life (neurodevelopmental and schizophrenia spectrum and
other psychotic disorders), followed by diagnoses that more commonly
manifest in adolsecense and young adulthood (bipolar, depression,
anxiety), and ends with diagnoses relevant to adulthood/later life
(neurocognitive disorders)
True or False: Gender does not influence illnesses - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔False:
Gender can influence illness in a variety of ways.
1) It may exclusively determine whether an individual is at risk for disorder
(premenstrual dysphoric disorder)
2) gender can moderate overall risk for development of a disorder (such as
differences in prevalence and incidence rates for selected mental
disorders)
3) can influence likeliihood particular symptoms are experienced by an
individual (ADHD symptoms can differ b/w boys & girls)
3
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