Quick Quiz: DSM Fill-in-the-Blank II

Back by popular demand. Test your knowledge of DSM-5. Text taken (and redacted) from Wikipedia's psych pages. You job, should you choose to accept it: fill in the blank. And...begin!

1. _____________ is a range of conditions classified as neurodevelopmental disorders. Individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder present with two types of symptoms: problems in social communication and social interaction, and restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests or activities. Symptoms are typically recognized between one and two years of age.

2. _____________ is a mental disorder characterized by abnormal thought processes and deregulated emotions. The diagnosis is made when the person has features of both schizophrenia and a mood disorder—either bipolar disorder or depression—but does not strictly meet diagnostic criteria for either alone.

3. _____________ is an anxiety disorder characterized by symptoms of anxiety in situations where the person perceives the environment to be unsafe with no easy way to get away. These situations can include open spaces, public transit, shopping malls, or simply being outside the home.

4. _____________  is a mental disorder characterized by the repeated urge to pick at one's own skin, often to the extent that damage is caused. 

5. _____________ is applied to patients who present with neurological symptoms, such as numbness, blindness, paralysis, or fits, which are not consistent with a well-established organic cause, which cause significant distress, and can be traced back to a psychological trigger.

How'd you do?

Knowing DSM basics is a good way rack up some easy-ish points on the ASWB exam. While a lot of what appears on the exam can seem like close-call judgment in which a good argument could be made for one answer or another, DSM questions are simpler, rooted in the text of the DSM. Either you know it or you don't. So, try to know it?

Try out DSM question in real ASWB-exam form using practice tests. SWTP has a practice test--a booster test, that is--dedicated to 100% DSM questions. Generally speaking, the more of these you encounter, the better prepared you'll be on exam day.

Good luck!

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1. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
2. Schizoaffective disorder
3. Agoraphobia
4. Excoriation disorder
5. Conversion disorder