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Identify the disorder below and bullet point the symptoms that made you come to the diagnosis. There is only one answer. Billy was taken into Local Authority care when he was 10 years old, due to his mother’s inability to care for him. While in care he was sexually abused by a male worker and suffered bullying at the hands of other children. His behavior subsequently deteriorated, and he became difficult to manage. He frequently tried to run away from the home and was prone to intense aggressive outbursts. During these outbursts he would damage property and, occasionally, also be violent towards other children and staff alike. At this time, he also started to self-harm, by cutting his forearms and torso and punching and head-butting walls. At age 12, he made a suicide attempt by trying to hang himself from the light fitting in his room. He was consistently truanting from school and eventually left care with no formal qualifications. He was then homeless for a time and supported himself by working as a rent boy and selling drugs. He was also a heavy user of alcohol, heroin, and crack cocaine. While in the community, he had never managed to hold down regular employment and had several intense but short-lived relationships with women. These relationships were volatile and characterized by frequent arguments. His offending history started when he was 14 when he received a citation for Criminal Damage. Since then he has received several convictions, mostly for drug-related offenses, but also including a number of more serious offenses. He was convicted of arson after he set fire to his apartment whilst in a state of emotional turmoil and after an argument with his partner. He has two convictions for domestic burglaries. In custody, he was initially volatile and aggressive and was placed on suicide watch, but he then appeared to settle down and worked as a cleaner.

Identify the disorder below and bullet point the symptoms that made you come to the diagnosis. There is only one answer. Mrs. J is a 69-year-old Caucasian woman who presents with symptoms of forgetfulness. She has trouble remembering names and the location of certain keys on her keyboard. Her past medical history includes uncomplicated shingles and treatment with prednisone for temporal arteritis between the ages of 65 to 67. Consequently, she has been taking calcium supplements as well as low doses of thyroid replacement therapy. Twenty months later, she is reassessed and reports that her memory impairment has worsened and is now embarrassing her. She has stopped working in an office and her husband has observed her to be more irritable as well as nervous.

Identify the disorder below and bullet point the symptoms that made you come to the diagnosis. There is only one answer. Lonnie is a 15-year-old Italian male, lives with his biological mother and stepfather. His biological father is an addict and rarely sees Lonnie. Lonnie has a history of defiance, lying, stealing money from parents/teachers/kids, refusing to do chores, has lengthy tantrums, little emotion, and no remorse. At age 11, he began ditching school, watching pornography with friends in home when parents at work, and has a pervasive, chronic pattern of violation of the rights of others, violent fights, breaks into house during the day to watch porn with his friends, which caused $20,000 worth of damage. His parents called the police for the first time and filed charges with a therapist’s urging to do so.

Identify the disorder below and bullet point the symptoms that made you come to the diagnosis. There is only one answer. Willy Wonka shows eccentric behavior and appearance (outlandish purple clothes, living in a chocolate factory, etc.). His effect is inappropriate as he shows no concern when children are turning into candy on his property. He shows odd thinking and speech by using many made-up phrases and words. He has odd beliefs and behaviors which are inconsistent with cultural norms.

Effective psychological treatments for people with developmental disorders are mainly focused on the ____ perspective.

Identify the disorder below and bullet point the symptoms that made you come to the diagnosis. There is only one answer. A 68-year old woman with a recurrent disorder showing manic symptoms and hallucinations. She showed these symptoms for the first time at the age of 28 years. She suffered paranoia and had acoustic hallucinations. She was treated in a psychiatric ward. After the in-patient treatment, she retired and partly worked as a teacher. However, the psychotic and manic symptoms reoccurred and she tried suicide several times. She was treated with 100 mg clozapine, and the manic symptoms and hallucinations improved. Ten years ago, she was switched from clozapine to the second-generation antipsychotic drug quetiapine (400 mg). With this medication, the residual symptoms improved very much, and she is still active in a self-help group.

Identify the disorder below and bullet point the symptoms that made you come to the diagnosis. There is only one answer. The late Heath Ledger’s portrayal of The Joker in The Dark Knight shows how The Joker is open about his evilness and thinks everyone else is just as bad. He considers himself an agent of chaos by ruining The Plan and balks at authority.

Identify the disorder below and bullet point the symptoms that made you come to the diagnosis. There is only one answer. Buster Bluth from Arrested Development is a 30-year-old man who lives with his mother who lives entirely off family money and has no interest in a job. He has difficulty making everyday decisions without reassurance from others, and when he does make a decision, it is usually based on what would please his mother the most. He feels helpless when alone because of the fear of being unable to care for himself.

Identify the disorder below and bullet point the symptoms that made you come to the diagnosis. There is only one answer. A 78-year-old woman is a married bank teller. She has a 1.5-year history of progressive short-term memory loss and word-finding difficulty, but no significant functional changes. She reports memory complaints and, on objective memory measures, show impairment as well.

Identify the disorder below and bullet point the symptoms that made you come to the diagnosis. There is only one answer. Dale’s first enquiry is whether I am in any way associated either with the government or with his former employer. He doesn’t seem reassured by my negative response. He eyes me skeptically and insists that I inform him if things change and I do become entangled with his persecutors. Why do I treat him pro bono? He suspects some ulterior motives behind my altruism and inexplicable generosity. I explain to him that I donate 25 hours a month to the community. “It’s good for your image, gives you access to local bigwigs, I bet.” – he retorts, accusingly. He refuses to allow me to tape record our conversation.