DSM-5-TR® Self-Exam Questions: Test Questions for the Diagnostic Criteria

by Philip R. Muskin MD MA (Editor), Anna L. Dickerman MD (Editor), Andrew Drysdale MD PhD (Editor), Claire C. Holderness MD (Editor), Maalobeeka Gangopadhyay MD (Editor)

Overview

DSM-5-TR Self-Exam Questions: Test Questions for the Diagnostic Criteria elucidates the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, Text Revision, through self-exam questions designed to test the reader's knowledge of the new edition's diagnostic criteria. Mental health professionals, ranging from clinicians and students to psychiatric nurses and social workers, will benefit from this substantive text's 400-plus questions. This book is a "must have" for anyone seeking to fully understand the content of DSM-5-TR. Some of the book's most beneficial features include the following:

• Self-exam questions and cases designed to test the reader's knowledge of diagnoses and diagnostic criteria (e.g., the new diagnosis, prolonged grief disorder).• Questions about selected conceptual components of Section III in DSM-5-TR—including the online assessment measures, Cultural Formulation Interview, and alternative model of personality disorders—enabling readers to learn about important diagnostic considerations and tools, as well as potential future diagnostic approaches.• Short answers that explain the rationale for each correct answer, with page references to content in DSM-5-TR for further information.• Answers containing important information on the diagnostic classification, criteria sets, diagnoses, codes, severity, dimension of diagnosis, and considerations of culture, age, and gender.

Straightforward, practical, and illustrative, DSM-5-TR Self-Exam Questions: Test Questions for the Diagnostic Criteria will successfully test and broaden the DSM-5-TR knowledge of all mental health professionals.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781615375097
Publisher:	American Psychiatric Association Publishing
Publication date:	10/03/2023
Pages:	488
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Philip R. Muskin, M.D., M.A., DLFAPA, LFACLP, is Professor of Psychiatry and SeniorConsultant in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry at Columbia University Irving Medical Centerin New York.

Anna L. Dickerman, M.D., FAPA, FACLP, is Chief, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Service,Program Director, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship; Associate AttendingPsychiatrist at New York-Presbyterian Hospital; and Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatryat Weill Cornell Medical College in New York.

Andrew T. Drysdale, M.D., Ph.D., is Assistant in Clinical, Department of Psychiatry, atColumbia University Irving Medical Center; Postdoctoral Clinical Fellow, Department ofPsychiatry, at Columbia University Irving Medical Center; and Fellow at New York StatePsychiatric Institute/Columbia University in New York.

Claire C. Holderness, M.D., DFAPA, is Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at ColumbiaUniversity Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and Attending Psychiatristat New York State Psychiatric Institute in New York.

Maalobeeka Gangopadhyay, M.D., is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at ColumbiaUniversity Irving Medical Center; Director of Acute Services, Child and AdolescentPsychiatry, at New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital; and MedicalDirector, Quality and Patient Safety NYP-Columbia, Department of Psychiatry, at NewYork-Presbyterian in New York.

Table of Contents

Preface Chapter 1. Neurodevelopmental Disorders Chapter 2. Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychiatric Disorders Chapter 3. Bipolar and Related Disorders Chapter 4. Depressive Disorders Chapter 5. Anxiety DisordersChapter 6. Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders Chapter 7. Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders Chapter 8. Dissociative Disorders Chapter 9. Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders Chapter 10. Feeding and Eating Disorders Chapter 11. Elimination Disorders Chapter 12. Sleep-Wake Disorders Chapter 13. Sexual Dysfunctions Chapter 14. Gender Dysphoria Chapter 15. Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders Chapter 16. Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders Chapter 17. Neurocognitive Disorders Chapter 18. Personality Disorders Chapter 19. Paraphilic Disorders Chapter 20. Medication-Induced Movement Disorders Chapter 21. Assessment Measures Chapter 22. Culture and Psychiatric Diagnosis (DSM-5-TR Section III) Chapter 23. Alternative DSM-5 Model for Personality Disorders (DSM-5 Section III)

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: John Frederick, MD (Trinity Health)
Description: This book is a companion to the DSM-5-TR, meant to test the knowledge of the diagnostic criteria through a series of vignettes and board review-style questions. It consists of a series of multiple-choice questions and an answer guide. This is an update to the 2014 edition.
Purpose: The book's purpose is to be a companion self-examination guide for the DSM-5-TR diagnostic criteria, testing knowledge of new diagnoses, revisions, and focuses of DSM-5-TR as opposed to prior editions. These are worthy objectives, and the book is needed. Regardless of the controversy over the original intent of the DSM and its current utilization, knowledge of common criteria, presentations, and the evolution of classification of psychiatric illness should be the cornerstone of any astute diagnostician. This book does meet the objectives. It offers both straightforward and challenging vignettes, differentiating between diagnoses that share common features, and reinforcing the concept of diagnostic specifiers and sub-categories within the DSM classification.
Audience: This book will be appropriate for a wide variety of students, residents, attending psychiatrists, researchers, clinical psychologists, and educators, as well as outpatient therapists and social workers. Even clinicians in practice for many years will find the questions focusing on evolution of nosology/categorization, new additions to DSM-5-TR, and changes from previous editions to be a useful update on the most recent changes. It meets the needs of its audience; while it would be useful for any medical student, resident, or attending-level clinician, it does not feel like it is simply a board review question bank. It is effective as a companion to the DSM-5-TR — often specifically referencing corresponding pages and sections — and will help its broad intended audience assess and challenge their knowledge. The authors are all recognized experts in a range of fields, including geriatric psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, consult-liaison psychiatry, and complementary and alternative medicine.
Features: The book is structured with a chapter of multiple-choice questions for each corresponding chapter of the DSM-5-TR. The first several questions in each chapter sometimes focus on specific DSM-5-TR changes and re-classifications. Most of the rest are clinical vignettes or multiple-choice questions exploring different diagnoses. There is a corresponding answer guide at the back of the book. The chapters range in length from as few as 10 questions to as many as 70 or more. The answer guide appropriately makes up 70% of the pages of the book, with detailed explanations of the correct answers. The best aspect of the book is that it does truly challenge one's understanding of the appropriate diagnostic categories. It pushes learners to identify the most important major diagnostic features in a clinical vignette, and also the subtle differences between disorders that can have significant overlap. It tests not only well-known major criteria, but also explores which diagnoses are mutually exclusive, which can be diagnosed simultaneously, and when certain specifiers should be used. It is diverse and inclusive, emphasizing new understandings of issues like gender dysphoria and culturally-bound diagnoses. While it sometimes borders on esoteric definitions that may not influence treatment decisions, it mostly avoids going down a rabbit hole of distinctions that are purely academic and focuses on those that are clinically significant. Its structure as a multiple-choice question-and-answer bank is certainly unique from the structure of a standard narrative textbook. The fact that it is meant to be a companion to the DSM-5-TR and not a standalone book also makes it somewhat unique. The shortcomings are few, mostly differences from other question banks. First, the answers usually explain the reasoning behind each correct choice, but do not always detail why each wrong answer is actually wrong, which some questions banks do. Also, several questions are confusingly phrased as "not" or "if" questions (i.e., "Which of the following presentations would not..."), which licensing exams and board certifications have specifically moved away from, as they can be more a test of reading comprehension than factual knowledge. Finally, although it is important to understand the history and changing face of psychiatry, the questions on differences between previous DSMs and the DSM-5-TR may be interesting from an academic and nosological perspective but are likely not the highest yield for the average learner.
Assessment: The DSM is arguably the most influential book for categorical diagnosis in psychiatry, and this book is an excellent companion that allows one to challenge oneself to understand the intricacies in its diagnostic structure. As opposed to just reading the DSM itself and understanding it from an academic perspective, this companion challenges readers to apply DSM categorization to common vignettes to understand differential criteria. This book would be a worthy addition to the bookshelf of a broad audience, right next to their copy of the DSM-5-TR. This updated edition certainly justifies replacing the previous edition; the DSM-5-TR changes with the times, and as such its companion books must as well. Not only does it update the diagnoses, but it also has questions that specifically focus on differences between older editions and the current edition.

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