Competency Test--DSM-5 Crosswalk Principles
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- 1.DSM-5 continues to utilize a section specifically for Child and Adolescence?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 2.Disruptive Mood Regulation Disorder is now listed in the Disruptive, Impulse Control and Conduct Disorders section.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.ADHD is included in which section of DSM-5?
- A.
Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders
- B.
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- C.
Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence
- D.
ADHD and related disorders
- 4.Which is true about the new diagnosis, Disruptive Mood Regulation Disorder?
- A.
An alternative to ODD diagnosis
- B.
An alternative to Bipolar diagnosis for children
- C.
A better option for angry children under 18 who have a mood problem as well
- D.
An alternative to Conduct Disorder Diagnosis
- E.
All of the above
- F.
Alternative to ODD and Bipolar, a better option for angry children with mood component, but not an alternative to Conduct Disorder
- 5.Separation anxiety in children is the same classification in both DSM-IV and DSM-5
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.An individual with an established DSM-IV diagnosis of Asperger's disorder can be diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in DSM-5
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) as a Neurodevelopmental Disorder is not likely to cause confusion in the transition from DSM-IV to DSM-5
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.PTSD is a complex sub-category of Anxiety Disorders in DSM-5
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.ADHD can now be diagnosed as a co-occurring disorder with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.All are true EXCEPT the following:
- A.
OCD has been taken out of Anxiety Disorders and now in its own section, Obsessive and Compulsive Related Disorders
- B.
Panic can be diagnosed as a specifier for any Anxiety Disorder diagnosis
- C.
The code for Substance Dependence keeps this as a diagnosis in DSM-5
- D.
The DSM-5 code for Substance use, mild is the same as Substance Abuse in DSM-IV
- 11.DSM-5 changed criterion A in Schizophrenia to have greater specificity of sub-types
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 12.Substance Use disorders in DSM-5 use severity measures from mild to severe rather than "abuse" and "dependence."
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 13.What is true about the Not Otherwise Specified--NOS specifier for diagnoses
- A.
It was used as a generic fallback option in DSM-IV for clinicians
- B.
It is no longer used in DSM-5
- C.
NOS shows the limitations of stand-alone diagnostic categories
- D.
All of the above
- 14.DSM-5 takes a developmental approach to organizing the diagnostic classification system
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 15.All are true EXCEPT?
- A.
DSM-5 promotes continuity whereby related diagnostic categories follow one another from chapter to chapter
- B.
GAF will likely still be used in DSM-5
- C.
DSM-5 takes a first step to acknowledge that there are overlapping elements across diagnoses, such as depressive and anxiety symptoms
- D.
Personality disorders are still part of DSM-5
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