Identify the disorder below and bullet point the symptoms that made you come to the diagnosis. There is only one answer. Jack is an intelligent and caring 7-year-old boy who presents with significant potential to excel academically. In his spare time, Jack enjoys spending time with his friends, and participating in physical activities such as swimming, running and skating. He also enjoys participating in social events and is often invited to play dates and birthday parties. It is noteworthy that he did not know his address or home phone number, could not print his surname, and recognized only a few pre-primer words. While Jack interacts well with peers his own age, his parents note that he can be easily led and influenced by others. They also report that Jack gets upset when he does not receive recognition or feels that he has been ignored. His teacher notes that he sometimes acts ‘socially immature’, and that he often demonstrates attention-seeking behavior. Jack describes difficulties with focusing and sitting still in class. He recognizes that he can ‘hyper focus’ on some activities of interest, however he often has difficulty sustaining his attention at school. His parents and teacher indicate that Jack is restless, and often requires reminders to help him stay on task. He is described as “constantly running around” and presenting with difficulties listening and following instructions. Jack’s teacher indicates that he often blurts out answers and interrupts other students in the classroom. Jack recognizes this tendency in himself but says that he ‘can’t stop’ despite his best intentions. Jack has always had challenges falling asleep, and sometimes finds that he wakes up in the middle of the night. When he wakes up, he finds that he has a difficult time getting back to sleep – sometimes staying awake for as long as an hour and a half. His mother reports difficulties at home with following routines and remembering instructions. His parents describe emotional reactivity as well as confrontational behaviors demonstrated both at home and at school. His teacher notes that Jack is very defiant towards listening to instructions, but generally interacts well with his peers. He is easily frustrated and emotionally impulsive – Jack has had several incidents of hitting, crying outbursts, and inappropriate behavior. Behavioral concerns with aggression, lying, arguments, and disruptive behavior were noted in pre-school program at age 4.

Since Hal only has two symptoms of depression, and a diagnosis of the disorder requires that four symptoms be present, a clinician operating on the basis of the medical model would

Sally is extremely underweight and has a severely disturbed body image. She eats very little, but sometimes eats big meals and compensates through the use of laxatives. Jane is of normal weight and perceives herself as sort of heavy. She feels a lack of control over her eating habits and sometimes eats enough food for five people within an hour, but then compensates by vomiting. Sally would probably be diagnosed with __________, whereas Jane would probably be diagnosed with ___________.

Identify the best disorder description based on the graph below:  ADA Text

Parents of girls with Anorexia Nervosa tend to:

Edward is in the midst of a major depressive episode. He has just learned that his best friend is going through a divorce and feels responsible for it, even though he had nothing to do with it. Which symptom of depression is this?

For the vignette, please give a diagnosis and bullet point the symptoms that made you come to the diagnosis. Samuel is a 28-year-old, final-year medical student from the south-eastern region of Nigeria. He was declared missing for 10 days and then later seen in a city in southwestern Nigeria, a distance of about 634 km from his home. Ten days before his episode, while studying in his room alone at night, Samuel suddenly saw a full human skeleton reading at the same table with him, sitting at the opposite side. At the same time, he claimed he felt uneasy and quite uncomfortable. He saw the whole room turning with everything inside becoming unstable and unreal. After this experience, Samuel had overwhelming fears and did not know when he left the room. Two days later, he discovered he was with his younger sibling in south-western Nigeria. Samuel had no knowledge of how he made the journey that takes approximately eight hours by road. He equally could not remember where he slept the night he left his room, how he raised money for the journey, or the buses and routes he took. Samuel denied all memory of events for the 2 days from when he left his room at the university to the time he suddenly realized he was at his brother’s house, hours away. The brother, however, reported that Samuel appeared unkempt, and looked exhausted but was fully conscious and alert on arrival at his house without any assistance. Prior to this episode, Samuel had been under severe economic and academic pressures and had been worried that he might fail his final qualifying examinations in 3 months. He slept poorly at night, with his sleep had been marked by early morning wakefulness and waking up not feeling refreshed.

For the vignette, please give a diagnosis and bullet point the symptoms that made you come to the diagnosis. You see Jill (age 24) in the emergency room of a hospital where her parents have brought her for evaluation. They are worried because she is giving away all of her possessions and says she is planning to move to Seattle so she can “save the world.” Her parents say that she has hardly been sleeping at all, but she seems very energetic. They say she has appeared to be “in a frenzy” for the last week or so. When you interview Jill, you notice that she speaks very rapidly. It is hard to get her to be quiet long enough for you to ask questions. She seems agitated and has difficulty sitting still.

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.

Blake has a hard time with any kind of fine motor coordination. Even though he is seven years old, he can barely button a shirt, he cannot tie his own shoes, and he struggles to grasp a pencil appropriately. Blake has which learning disorder?