DSM-5 Disorders

Illness anxiety Disorder (I.M.S.I.C.K)

I- illness preoccupation
M- minimal symptoms

S- strong health anxiety

I- Illness behaviours (excessive or avoid)

C- Chronic 6 Months

K- Known better expiation? NO

Social Anxiety Disorder (S.C.R.U.T.I.N.Y.)

S- scrutiny fear

C- concern about negative evaluation

R- Response is immediate

U- unable to face it

T- threat is exaggerated

I- impairment/distress

N- < 6 months

Y- you can’t blame a substance

P- psych ruled out

Specific Phobia (F.E.A.R.S.D.O.)

F- fear of a specific object or situation

E- exposure = immediate response

A- avoidance or endured

R- reality mismatch→ out of proportion

S- six months

D- distress/impairment

O- other causes ruled out

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (O.B.E.Y.)

O- obsessions, compulsions, or both

B- Burns time/ function

E- excludes substance/medical

Y- yet not another disorder

Somatic Symptom Disorder (S.O.(DAT).S)

S- symptoms that are distressing

O- obsession with symptoms

D- disproportionate and persistent

A- anxiety about seriousness

T- time and energy spent

S- six months

Conversion Disorder (C.O.N.V.ERT)

C- can’t move/ sense (motor/sensory deficit)

O- objective mismatch with neurobiology

N- not medically explained

V- very distressing/impairing

ERT- episode specifier

acute or persistent

Generalized Anxiety Disorder (W.O.R.R.I.ED)

W- worried (excessive and widespread)

O- out of control

R- (restlessness symptoms) MISFIR (muscle tension, irritability, fatigue, inability to concentrate, restlessness)

R- results in impairment/ distress

I- induced by substance? NO

ED- explained by another disorder? NO

Panic Disorder (P.A.N.I.C) and (P.A.N.I.C.A.T.T.A.C.K.S)

P- panic attacks (unexpected)

A- aftermath (1month)

N- not substances

I- isolate from other disorders

C- complete diagnosic

P- palpitations heart pounding heart

A- angina like chest pain

N- nausea/ abdominal discomfort

I- intense fear of dying or losing control

C- choking sensations

A- air hunger (shortness of breath)

T- trembling/shaking

T- Tingling/numbness (paresthias)

A- altered reality (depersonalization/ derealization)

C- chills/ heat sensations

K- kinda dizzy

S- sweating