DSM-5 Self-exam Questions

Book excerpt: DSM-5(R) Self-Exam Questions: Test Questions for the Diagnostic Criteria will be useful to a wide audience of teachers, students, clinicians, and all professionals seeking to fully understand the changes made in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition. This DSM-5(R) companion book includes detailed questions and answers to both broaden and deepen the reader's knowledge of DSM-5(R) and to promote learning of current diagnostic concepts and classification. The text is logically organized around concepts, disorders, and criteria in DSM-5(R) and is replete with over 300 questions and answers covering conceptual changes, specific changes to diagnoses, and diagnostic criteria. Features of the book include straightforward questions that test the reader's knowledge of DSM-5(R) and short answers explaining the rationale for each correct answer. The text covers each disorder in DSM-5(R) and contrasts the diagnoses in the new edition with those of its predecessor, DSM-IV-TR(R). Mental health professionals, including clinicians, psychologists, psychiatric nurses, teachers, students, residents, and social workers, will find DSM-5(R) Self-Exam Questions: Test Questions for the Diagnostic Criteria to be a comprehensive, indispensable volume.