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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. 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.

Identify the disorder below and bullet point the symptoms that made you come to the diagnosis. There is only one answer. A 28-year-old white man, who has no prior history of psychiatric illness, receives a very prestigious, and unexpected, promotion at work. He feels that a colleague of his was more deserving. He becomes convinced that this colleague is envious of his promotion and that the colleague is therefore planning to sabotage him. His fears generalize to all his coworkers and he begins to avoid work because of his paranoia. After 2 weeks of this behavior, he makes a request to his boss to have the locks in his office changed, as he is certain that his coworkers are planning to steal his files in order to get him into trouble. His boss recommends that he seek medical attention. He does so and is treated with an antipsychotic drug. His symptoms resolve within 1 week and he can function at work again without feeling paranoid.

Identify the disorder below and bullet point the symptoms that made you come to the diagnosis. There is only one answer. Dee from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is demanding, gullible, has a low frustration tolerance, is overly concerned with her appearance, is energetic, manipulative, seductive, impulsive, and erratic.