PSY 510 CASE STUDY COMPREHENSIVE
ANALYSIS GUIDE 2026
◉ What is psychosis? Answer: A severe mental disorder.
◉ What is a key characteristic of psychosis? Answer: Loss of touch
with reality.
◉ How are thoughts and perceptions affected in psychosis? Answer:
They are disturbed.
◉ What difficulty do individuals with psychosis experience? Answer:
Difficulty distinguishing what is and isn't real (hallucinations and
delusions)
◉ DSM definition of mental disorder Answer: "A mental disorder is a
syndrome characterized by clinically significant disturbance inan
individual's cognition, emotion regulation, or behavior that reflects a
dysfunction inthe psychological, biological, or developmental
processes underlying mentalfunctioning. Mental disorders are
usually associated with significant distress ordisability in social,
occupational, or other important activities. An expectable
orculturally approved response to a common stressor or loss, such
as the death of aloved one, is not a mental disorder. Socially deviant
,behavior (e.g., political, religious, orsexual) and conflicts that are
primarily between the individual and society are notmental
disorders unless the deviance or conflict results from a dysfunction
in theindividual, as described above..." (DSM-5-TR)
◉ DSM diagnosis Answer: The diagnostic classification is the official
list of mental disordersrecognized in DSM. Each diagnosis includes:
- diagnostic code (used by individual providers, institutions, and
agencies for data collection and billing purposes)
- coding system used by all U.S. health-care professionals, known as
the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision,
ClinicalModification (ICD-10-CM)
◉ DSM history - first edition Answer: - 1952
- first official manual of mental disorders to contain a glossary of
descriptions of the diagnostic categories
◉ second edition Answer: - 1968
- made to base the classification on the mental disorders section of
the eighth revision of the International Classification of Diseases
(ICD-8)
- representatives of the APA had provided consultation
◉ third edition Answer: - coordinated with the development of the
International Classification of Diseases, specifically ICD-9
, - published in 1975 and implemented in 1978
- work started in 1974
- introduced several important methodological innovations,
including explicit diagnostic criteria and a descriptive approach that
attempted to be neutral with respect to theories of etiology of
mental disorders
- developed the revisions and corrections that led to DSM-III-R in
1987
◉ fourth edition Answer: - published in 1994
- 6 year effort & 1,000 participants
- conducting a comprehensive review of the literature to establish a
firm empirical basis for making modifications. Developers of DSM-IV
and the tenth revision of the ICD worked closely to coordinate their
efforts, resulting in increased congruence between the two systems
- ICD-10 was published in 1992
◉ fifth edition Answer: - 2013
- Comprehensive Review of the DSM IV Culminated in the
Publication of the DSM - 5 in 2023
◉ diagnose Answer: To recognize a disease by signs and symptoms.
ANALYSIS GUIDE 2026
◉ What is psychosis? Answer: A severe mental disorder.
◉ What is a key characteristic of psychosis? Answer: Loss of touch
with reality.
◉ How are thoughts and perceptions affected in psychosis? Answer:
They are disturbed.
◉ What difficulty do individuals with psychosis experience? Answer:
Difficulty distinguishing what is and isn't real (hallucinations and
delusions)
◉ DSM definition of mental disorder Answer: "A mental disorder is a
syndrome characterized by clinically significant disturbance inan
individual's cognition, emotion regulation, or behavior that reflects a
dysfunction inthe psychological, biological, or developmental
processes underlying mentalfunctioning. Mental disorders are
usually associated with significant distress ordisability in social,
occupational, or other important activities. An expectable
orculturally approved response to a common stressor or loss, such
as the death of aloved one, is not a mental disorder. Socially deviant
,behavior (e.g., political, religious, orsexual) and conflicts that are
primarily between the individual and society are notmental
disorders unless the deviance or conflict results from a dysfunction
in theindividual, as described above..." (DSM-5-TR)
◉ DSM diagnosis Answer: The diagnostic classification is the official
list of mental disordersrecognized in DSM. Each diagnosis includes:
- diagnostic code (used by individual providers, institutions, and
agencies for data collection and billing purposes)
- coding system used by all U.S. health-care professionals, known as
the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision,
ClinicalModification (ICD-10-CM)
◉ DSM history - first edition Answer: - 1952
- first official manual of mental disorders to contain a glossary of
descriptions of the diagnostic categories
◉ second edition Answer: - 1968
- made to base the classification on the mental disorders section of
the eighth revision of the International Classification of Diseases
(ICD-8)
- representatives of the APA had provided consultation
◉ third edition Answer: - coordinated with the development of the
International Classification of Diseases, specifically ICD-9
, - published in 1975 and implemented in 1978
- work started in 1974
- introduced several important methodological innovations,
including explicit diagnostic criteria and a descriptive approach that
attempted to be neutral with respect to theories of etiology of
mental disorders
- developed the revisions and corrections that led to DSM-III-R in
1987
◉ fourth edition Answer: - published in 1994
- 6 year effort & 1,000 participants
- conducting a comprehensive review of the literature to establish a
firm empirical basis for making modifications. Developers of DSM-IV
and the tenth revision of the ICD worked closely to coordinate their
efforts, resulting in increased congruence between the two systems
- ICD-10 was published in 1992
◉ fifth edition Answer: - 2013
- Comprehensive Review of the DSM IV Culminated in the
Publication of the DSM - 5 in 2023
◉ diagnose Answer: To recognize a disease by signs and symptoms.
