DSM-5 Overview

I've gotten so much use out of this QuickStudy reference guide in office. While having the full DSM-5 is useful, sometimes it's even more useful to have a condensed guide that is easy to refer to in a pinch. Great to keep on a clipboard or on the desk for quick reference and lookup, and provides enough criteria to help with diagnosing when writing up a report.

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Well organized & perfect for a quick reference guide. It doesn’t have all the criteria etc. (Guess you’ll need the DSM-5 for that) but this gives a basic overview of diagnoses. Will definitely keep it in my desk at work. It’s also a good tool if most of your career was using the DSM-IV. This organizes the diagnoses in their new sections created in the DSM-5.

I like how this product is portable and has great information inside! I like how it's available in this quick study format. You can learn details without having to sit down and read a whole book. Thanks! - Sara

A former soldier I know, told me they wished they had looked at this type of pamphlet as well as actual DSM-V when they were "medically" evacuated from "Theater" during OIF/OEF to Walter Reed Medical Center! They said they saw all the "in-training" medical personnel utilizing it, but never thought to look at it themselves and this "solider" was there during the "scandal" that made national and international news- largely at the time due to the efforts of former Congresswoman/Senator Clinton..... The below is copied from a post by a Former MiTT Team Leader on PEB Forum and thought quite informative so thought would include here: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All the below is quoted from “American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic And Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders- Fifth Edition.” Arlington, VA American Psychiatric Association, 2013. Quoted From Pages 761, 762, 763, 764- page number s specific quotes to right in red! “General Criterion for Personality Disorder: (from page 761) The essential features of a personality disorder are: A. Moderate or greater impairment in personality (self/interpersonal) functioning. B. One or more pathological personality traits. (Following From page 762: “Pathological traits are organized into five basic domains: Negative Affectivity, Detachment, Antagonsim, Disinhibition, and Psychotism. Within the five broad trait domains are 25 specific trait facets that were developed initially from a review of existing trait models and subsequently through iterative research with sample of people who sought mental health services….”) C. The impairments in personality functioning and the individual’s personality trait expression are relatively inflexible and pervasive across a broad across a broad range of personal and social situations. D. The impairments in personality functioning and the individual’s personality trait expression are not better explained by another mental disorder. F. The impairments in personality functioning and the individual’s personality trait expression are not solely attributable to the psychological effects of a substance or another medical condition. G. The impairments in personality functioning and the individual’s personality trait expression are not better understood as normal for an individual’s developmental stage or sociocultural environment.” “Specific Personality Disorders: (From pages, 763-764) -Antisocial Personality Disorder -Avoidant Personality Disorder -Borderline Personality Disorder -Narcissistic Personality Disorder -Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder -Schizotypal Personality Disorder” “Narcissistic Personality Disorder: (From pages 767-768) Typical Features of narcissistic personality disorder are variable and vulnerable self-esteem, with attempts at regulation through attention and approval seeking, and either overt or covert grandiosity. Characteristic difficulties are apparent in identity, self-direction, empathy, and /or intimacy, as described below; along with specific maladaptive traits in the domain of Antagonism. Proposed Diagnostic Criteria: A. Moderate or greater impairment in personality functioning, manifested by characteristic difficulties in two or more of the following four areas: 1. Identity: Excessive reference to others for self-definition and self-esteem regulation; exaggerated self-appraisal inflated or deflated, or vacillating between extremes; emotional regulation mirrors fluctuations in self-esteem. 2. Self-direction: Goal setting based on gaining approval from others; personal standards unreasonably high in order to see one as exceptional, or too low based on a sense of entitlement; often unaware of own motivations. 3. Empathy: Impaired ability to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others; excessively attuned to reactions of others, but only if perceived as relevant to self; over-underestimate of own effects on others. 4. Intimacy: relationships largely superficial and exist to serve self-esteem regulation; mutually constrained by little genuine interest in others’ experiences and predominance of need for personal gain. B. Both of the following pathological personality traits: 1. Grandiosity (an aspect of Antagonism): Feelings of entitlement, either overt or covert; self-centeredness; firmly holding the belief that one is better than others; condescension toward others. 2. Attention Seeking (an aspect of Antagonism): Excessive attempts to attract and be the focus of the attention of others; admiration seeking. Specifiers. Trait and personality functioning specifiers may be used to record additional personality features that may be present in narcissistic personality disorder but are not required for diagnosis…….” All the above is quoted from “American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic And Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders- Fifth Edition.” Arlington, VA American Psychiatric Association, 2013. Quoted From Pages 761, 762, 763, 764- page number s specific quotes to right in red! __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ [Can get specific definitions of some above terms, etc.… from “APA Dictionary of Psychology, First Edition” by VandenBos, Gary R., PhD, Editor In Chief. American Psychological Association, 750 First street, NE, Washington DC 20002- 2007, www.apa.org/books/] Darby009, et.al... as one can see it would in fact take a whole lot of time, analysis (OER's/NCOER's, School Transcripts, Yearbooks, News Paper Articles, Interviews Friends and/or Family-Chain of Command- present and former or "INFORMANTS as believe called MH Community(??)"), questions (lots of questions as to why at time did this or that or thought this or that), and "rule-outs"- like circumstances, social-economic environment, religious beliefs, medical conditions- affects medications, etc.), psychological- IQ- personality etc...testing, to write a correct and detailed "JUSTIFICATION"of not just this one disorder- "General Personality Disorder- Sub: Narcissistic Personality Disorder" that unfortunately a whole lot of veterans are in fact given in a very short amount of time as well as the whole "very long list"" of disorders found in DSM-V! Oddly, both references listed above ("DSM-V "& "APA Dictionary"..) are in fact printed in or around Washington DC, and the only Amazon Kindle version of DSM-V found was in French for some odd reason....???? LOL, LOL.... Darby009, et.al... I sincerely hope this clears a lot of things up, as to what I wrote about not one but 3 or more,"justification" to each "criterion" that fully and clearly justifies any diagnosis by one's MH Treatment Team etc.... and where to look to not play doctor- "but ask" highly "informed" questions and if not readily given by one's MH Treatment Team, then is that the right MH Team for you or anyone for that matter...???? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ As one can see, it simply "should" take a whole lot of time to correctly "diagnose" any patient in the "Mental Health" system and a diagnosis should simply be much more than a "check" the box form, or "because" I say so....they and other's were in fact "railroaded" through the US Federal Judicial system by the former Federal DA- Kenyan Brown- of the Southern District of Alabama! As in post to GSWarrior2017 on PEB Forum: "Finally, IAW "The Baldwin Times" March 16, 2018 Issue (GulfCoastNewsToday_co) in an article page 32, titled "Former U.S. Attorney Kenyen Brown Joins Fight To Fix Criminal Justice System" , I would yet again take with a grain of salt, as this is one of the "individual's" that "rail-roaded" myself and numerous other's, through the local Federal Criminal Justice System.... with a whole lot of "non-hlep" Gulf Coast VA System....." IAW this solider, one of these "incarcerated folks" for "illegal firearms possession" even though registered local authorities, had his "family" abducted the Federal Authorities while he was in Belize or some such place..... where a lot of local attorney's etc... vacation apparently from this area... Apparently, this poor sod whose "kith, kin, and kilt" at one point owned a night club in New Orleans, as well as local "cement" company, etc.....so a very successful businessman, and if remember correctly laid foundations numerous buildings up and around Malbis?Daphne- inter-connection....sad this happened, but apparently those are the breaks, in this area! Wonder what happened to their "business/s?" Bottom-Line: Anyone receiving MH Treatment should read this PAMPHLET and book by either purchasing it, or going to one's local Library, etc... (Oddly at the FMC's- supposedly they do not even have copies of this or other MH-books available to those "warehoused" kinda of like "Message to the Blackman in America" Paperback – April 1, 1997by Elijah Muhammad (Author) [at Amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/Message-Blackman-America-Elijah-Muhammad/dp/1884855148/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1525085152&sr=8-1&keywords=a+message+to+the+black+man+in+america ] and numerous other works, etc....!!!!! Wonder if the book "The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President" Hardcover – October 3, 2017 by Bandy X. Lee (Author), Robert Jay Lifton (Contributor), Gail Sheehy (Contributor), William J. Doherty (Contributor), & 26 more (at Amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/Dangerous-Case-Donald-Trump-Psychiatrists/dp/1250179459/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1525093711&sr=8-1&keywords=27+psychiatrists+book+on+trump ) is even available for Federal Prisioner's to read..... IAW this soldier, many folks they met at FMC in MN thought the Mental Health staff was "clairvoyant" and could "ascertain" everything.... PS: As the BE/FR ‘GENERAL’ says hope all "slaap je well!" to those in Sud Af/ IRaCN...... hope the "Horse trading is going well- graag gedann!"

This is the perfect sized DSM reference guide. It’s especially handy to pop into your back bag when headed off to study or work at the library or coffee shop!

Nice To have at a glance

Helping me prepare for my LCSW Exam

comodo, vorrei solo che fosse una pagina in più per avere qualche info in più ma già così è molto comodo

Very good for a quick look at certain mental issues instead of searching through a pile of books. It just tells you enough to know what you are looking for

This is perfect. I can refer back to it easily. Great study guide reference sheet

Great product as described

Me ha servido para localizar los procesos derivado de los trastornos