DSM-5 Disorders List
Below are just a few of the disorders listed in the DSM-5.
NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
Autism Spectrum Disorder is characterized by persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across multiple contexts, including deficits in social reciprocity, nonverbal communicative behaviors used for social interaction, and skills in developing, maintaining, and understanding relationships. A diagnosis also requires the presence of restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities.
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder is defined by impaired levels of inattention, disorganization, and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity.
Tourette’s Disorder is diagnosed when the individual has multiple motor and vocal tics that have been present for at least one year and that have a waxing-waning symptom course.
SCHIZOPHRENIA SPECTRUM AND OTHER PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS
Delusional Disorder is characterized by at least one month of delusions (fixed beliefs that are not amenable to change in light of conflicting evidence), but no other psychotic symptoms.
Schizophrenia is amental disordercharacterized by a breakdown inthinkingand pooremotionalresponses. Commonsymptomsincludedelusions, such asparanoia;hearing voices or noisesthat are not there;disorganized thinking; alack of emotionand alack of motivation.
BIPOLAR AND RELATED DISORDERS
Bipolar I Disorderis mainly defined by manic or mixed episodes that last at least seven days, or by manic symptoms that are so severe that the person needs immediate hospital care. Usually, the person also has depressive episodes, typically lasting at least two weeks. The symptoms of mania or depression must be a major change from the person's normal behavior.
Bipolar II Disorderis defined by a pattern of depressive episodes shifting back and forth with hypomanic episodes, but no full-blown manic or mixed episodes.
DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS
Major Depressive Disorder is characterized by discrete episodes of at least two weeks’ duration involving clear-cut changes in affect, cognition, and neurovegetative functions and inter-episode remissions.
Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder is a form of depressive disorder that begins sometime following ovulation and remits within a few days of menses and has a marked impact on functioning.
ANXIETY DISORDERS
Individuals with Specific Phobia are fearful or anxious about or avoidant of circumscribed objects or situations.
In Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia), the individual is fearful or anxious about or avoidant of social interactions and situations that involve the possibility of being scrutinized.
In Panic Disorder, the individual experienced recurrent, unexpected panic attacks and is persistently concerned or worried about having more panic attacks or changes his or her behavior in maladaptive ways because of the panic attacks.
The key features of Generalized Anxiety Disorder are persistent and excessive anxiety and worry about various domains, including work and school performance that the individual finds difficult to control. In addition, the individual experiences physical symptoms.
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE AND RELATED DISORDERS
Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder is characterized by obsessions (recurrent and persistent thoughts, urges, or images that are experienced as intrusive and unwanted) and/or compulsion (repetitive behaviors or mental acts that an individual feels driven to perform in response to an obsession or according to rules that must be applied rigidly).
Individuals withBody Dysmorphic Disorder are preoccupied with one or more perceived defects or flaws in their physical appearance, which they believe look ugly, unattractive, abnormal, or deformed.
Hoarding Disorder is characterized by persistent difficulty discarding or parting with possessions, regardless of their actual value, as a result of a strong perceived need to save the items and to distress associated with discarding them.
Trichotillomania (Hair-Pulling Disorder) is characterized by recurrent pulling out of one’s hair resulting in hair loss, and repeated attempts to decrease or stop hair pulling.
TRAUMA- AND STRESSOR-RELATED DISORDERS
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that's triggered by a terrifying event: either experiencing it or witnessing it. Symptoms, which continue for more than a month after the event, may include flashbacks, nightmares and severe anxiety, as well as uncontrollable thoughts about the event.
DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS
Dissociative Identity Disorderis characterized by a) the presence of two or more distinct personality states or an experience of possession and b) recurrent episodes of amnesia.
Dissociative Amnesiais characterized by an inability to recall autobiographical information.
SOMATIC SYMPTOM AND RELATED DISORDERS
Patients with Illness Anxiety Disorder may or may not have a medical condition but have heightened bodily sensations, are intensely anxious about the possibility of an undiagnosed illness, or devote excessive time and energy to health concerns, often obsessively researching them.
Factitious Disorder is a mental disorder in which a person acts as if he or she has a physical or mental illness when, in fact, he or she has consciously created their symptoms.
FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS
There are three essential features of Anorexia Nervosa: persistent energy intake restriction; intense fear of gaining weight or of becoming fat, or persistent behavior that interferes with weight gain; and a disturbance in self-perceived weight or shape.
There are three essential features of Bulimia Nervosa: recurrent episodes of binge eating, recurrent inappropriate compensatory behaviors to prevent weight gain, and self-evaluation that is unduly influenced by body shape and weight.
The essential feature of Binge-Eating Disorder is recurrent episodes of binge eating that must occur, on average, at least once per week for 3 months.
GENDER DYSPHORIA
For a person to be diagnosed with Gender Dysphoria, there must be a marked difference between the individual’s expressed/experienced gender and the gender others would assign him or her.
DISRUPTIVE, IMPULSE-CONTROL, AND CONDUCT DISORDERS
The essential feature of Conduct Disorder is a repetitive and persistent pattern of behavior by a child or teenager in which the basic rights of others or major age-appropriate societal norms or rules are violated.
PERSONALITY DISORDERS
Antisocial Personality Disorder is a pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others.
Borderline Personality Disorder is a pattern of instability in interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and marked impulsivity.
Narcissistic Personality Disorder is a pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, and lack of empathy.
Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder is a pattern of preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and control.
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