For this Assignment, you will practice assessing and diagnosing clients with disorders associated with this module. Review the clients in each of the two case study videos in the Learning Resources. Consider symptoms or signs presented by the client and assign a provisional diagnosis. Think about how you, as a future professional in the field, would justify your rationale for your selected diagnosis. Consider what other information you may need for diagnosis based on the DSM-5-TR diagnostic criteria.
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Resources
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Note: The Learning Resources provided are beginning resources intended to help build your foundational knowledge on the module’s topics. As doctoral students, you are expected to do additional research to support your learning of each topic.
Required Readings
Document: Diagnosis Template
Slavich, G. M., & Auerbach, R. P. (2018). Stress and its sequelae: Depression, suicide, inflammation, and physical illness.Links to an external site. In J. N. Butcher, & J. M. Hooley (Eds.), APA handbook of psychopathology: Psychopathology: Understanding, assessing, and treating adult mental disorders, Vol. 1 (pp. 375–402). American Psychological Association. .
Pizzagalli, D. A., Whitton, A. E., & Webb, C. A. (2018). Mood disordersLinks to an external site.. In J. N. Butcher, & J. M. Hooley (Eds.), APA handbook of psychopathology: Psychopathology: Understanding, assessing, and treating adult mental disorders, Vol. 1 (pp. 403–427). American Psychological Association. .
Rodebaugh, T. L., Weisman, J. S., & Tonge, N. A. (2018). Anxiety disordersLinks to an external site.. In J. N. Butcher, & J. M. Hooley (Eds.), APA handbook of psychopathology: Psychopathology: Understanding, assessing, and treating adult mental disorders, Vol. 1 (pp. 429–454). American Psychological Association. .
American Psychiatric Association. (2022). Bipolar and related disordersLinks to an external site.. In Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed., text rev.). American Psychiatric Publishing.
Note: Focus on the “Diagnostic Criteria” and “Differential Diagnosis” sections of the DSM-5-TR for each diagnosis.
American Psychiatric Association. (2022). Depressive disordersLinks to an external site.. In Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed., text rev.). American Psychiatric Publishing.
Note: Focus on the “Diagnostic Criteria” and “Differential Diagnosis” sections of the DSM-5-TR for each diagnosis.
American Psychiatric Association. (2022). Anxiety disordersLinks to an external site.. In Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed., text rev.). American Psychiatric Publishing.
Note: Focus on the “Diagnostic Criteria” and “Differential Diagnosis” sections of the DSM-5-TR for each diagnosis.
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Download the Diagnosis Template from the Learning Resources.
Review the Learning Resources, focusing on the two case conceptualizations and the video on how to use the DSM.
Refer to the DSM-5-TR to find a diagnosis that you feel best fits the case study based on the criteria you see.
Provisionally diagnose each case.
Identify the severity level and/or specifiers, if applicable.
Fill in your Diagnosis Template for each case study. For your selected disorder, consider how the patient does or does not meet each criterion listed in the DSM-5-TR.
In the template, identify any additional information you would need to confirm your diagnoses.
In the template, identify at least two differential or potential comorbid diagnoses.
Note: Add your diagnosis for each Training Title video into your Disorders Chart and complete the associated row.
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