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Types of Phobia Everyone is afraid of something. Everyone encounter nervousness and anxiety in an unpredictable times. They find different and unnatural things frightening. These fears affect people starting from their childhood, because people cannot see the difference between real and unreal things when they are children. It is not a phobia when being scared of something like going into the water. This is because there is a real danger and there is a need for survival in the individual. Only when they possess these feelings so intense until their fear is considered irrational makes it became phobia. Generally, The American Psychiatric Association (APA) had identified three types of phobia which consist specific phobia, social phobia and agoraphobia.…

Josh meets the criteria for a diagnosis of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Since Josh actually witnessed the death of his fiancé, he meets Criterion A in the DSM for PTSD of directly experiencing the traumatic event (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). In accordance with Criterion B for PTSD (American Psychiatric Association, 2013), he frequently has flashbacks related to the event in which he feels as though he is reliving the trauma of that day. Josh’s recurrent nightmares related…

because she is emotionally unstable. According to the American Psychiatric Association’s (2013) DSM-5, Aiden would be assessed to determine diagnosis and his strengths. DSM-5 Diagnosis and Rationale According to the American Psychiatric Association’s DSM-5 (2013), Aiden shows classic signs of Autism Spectrum Disorder (299.00). The DSM-5 clearly states criteria required for the diagnosis…

Diagnosis The client, Gwen Cummings, comes to the inpatient substance use treatment facility presenting with apparent symptoms of severe substance use disorder and potentially childhood trauma. According to the criteria from the DSM-5 on Substance Use Disorder, the “substance is often taken in larger amounts or over a longer period than was intended” (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Gwen shared that she and her boyfriend recently woke up late prior to their attendance at their friend’s…

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Annotated Bibliography Name Institution Date American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-5. Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Association. The fifth edition of DSM-5 used by researchers and clinicians for diagnosis and classification of menrtal disorders has been subjected to more than 10 years of tireless effort by hundreds of international subject matter experts in all aspects of mental health, making it an instrumental and…

Criterion (8) states the use may be is physically hazardous, and (9) is continuing the use in spite of the knowledge it is causing difficulties for the individual. Of these two, Marcella meets criterion 8. The final grouping is pharmacological criteria. These are (10) tolerance as evidenced by increasing the dose of the substance to reach the desired effect by the user, and (11) withdrawal, a physical condition that generate physical symptoms. According to the DSM, Neither of criteria 10 or 11…

Synopsis of DSM 5 DSM V The recently updated Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) has been under strict scrutiny since its release in 2013. The DSM-5 is utilized by practitioners to diagnosis an individual with one or more mental disorders. Individuals suffering with emotional, behavioral, psychological and biological dysfunctions benefit from the DSM-5 in the recognition and treatment of their disorder. The DSM-5 is applicable in aiding practitioners…

The DSM-5 also known as Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder is an approach to substance use disorders. Since the first publication of the DSM-IV in 1994 there have been several different changes to improve in the way treatment is looked at. “DSM contains descriptions, symptoms, and other criteria for diagnosing mental disorders. It provides a common language for clinicians to communicate about their patients and establishes consistent and reliable diagnoses that can be used in…

evidence based framework that used scientific evidence to support any changes it made to the previous publication DSM-IV. (Pomerantz, 2012). The Dsm-5 has been praised for its use of empirical data for the basis of its decisions (Pomerantz, 2012). The task force of the DSM-5 had to work to suggestions made by the American Psychological Association (APA) 2011 which included relying on science to inform any revisions made (Raskin & Gayle, 2015). However, relying solely on empirical and evidence…