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Anajune7

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Bipolar and related disorders:
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychiatric disorders:
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

ANSWER: Description comes directly from the textbook.

The disorders in this category refer to disturbances in mood in which the client cycles through stages of mania or mania and depression. Both children and adults can be diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and the clinician can work to identify the pattern of mood presentation, such as rapidcycling, which is more often observed in children. These disorders include bipolar I, bipolar II, cyclothymic disorder, substance/medicationinduced, bipolar and related disorder due to another medical condition, and other specified or unspecified bipolar and related disorders.

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER: Description comes directly from the textbook.

The disorders that belong to this section all have one feature in common: psychotic symptoms, that is, delusions, hallucinations, grossly disorganized or abnormal motor behavior, and/or negative symptoms. The disorders include schizotypal personality disorder (which is listed again, and explained more comprehensively, in the category of personality disorders in the DSM-5), delusional disorder, brief psychotic disorder, schizophreniform disorder, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, substance/medication-induced psychotic disorders, psychotic disorders due to another medical condition, and catatonic disorders.




Anajune7

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Reply 2 on: Jul 30, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)


carojassy25

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Excellent

 

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