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DSM-5-TR Case Studies
"What's Your Diagnosis?"
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DSM-5-TR Case StudIES

These videos layer on flashback and reenactment scenes to the session, adding valuable insight into the patient’s condition and emotional state. This creates a compelling experience that facilitates learning through a deeper understanding of the patient’s life in its full context.​
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"What's your diagnosis?"

These videos present the patient's story directly without any added scenes or text so that students can assess their knowledge of the DSM criteria for a disorder without the help of external cues.​
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Advanced Practicum

Help students learn the disorder by directly observing verbal and non-verbal cues in a simulated therapy session. As a patient shares their story, instructional graphics pop up to draw attention to the diagnostic criteria.​
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What's Your Diagnosis?
Learning the DSM-5-TR
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder: Advanced Practicum
Depressive Disorders,Depressive Disorders

Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder: Advanced Practicum

Kevin's anger and inability to deal with criticism has reached a boiling point and he is finally ready for therapy. He presents and explains that he is not always angry, but a few times a week he loses control and becomes violent and confrontational. He has noticed that others tend to fear his outbursts and his condition is severely impacting his relationships. Viewers are tasked with watching Kevin as he explains his situation and the thoughts he has when the anger takes over. In his words and actions, clues about his condition are revealed, all of which can be used to seek out a potential diagnosis.
Dissociative Identity Disorder: Advanced Practicum
Dissociative Disorders

Dissociative Identity Disorder: Advanced Practicum

Stephanie is struggling greatly as she watches her father slowly dying, and it is having a significant impact on her mental health. She believes the stress and the confusion of the situation have caused her to feel strange. She explains she feels like she has stepped outside of herself and is watching things happen to her as if she were someone else. It has began causing issues with many parts of her life and she is displaying other behaviors that are strange or unlike her. The mystery of what is happening to her is revealed throughout the session, as her words and mannerisms provide the viewer with clues to her symptoms. The learner is able to hear her explanation and see her responses, providing context and insight into her condition.
Gambling Disorder: Advanced Practicum
Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders

Gambling Disorder: Advanced Practicum

For Alex's whole life, the only thing he truly felt connected to was the game of poker. He felt great joy while playing and his skill at the game made him feel somehow special. When he grows up and decides it's time to follow his destiny and become a professional player, he jumps in with both feet. Soon he is in over his head and finds himself getting more reckless and chasing bigger games to try and get back to even.
Meet Aaron
Sensation/Perception
Anxiety Disorders

Meet Aaron

Aaron is a happy, healthy good-natured man, but he has a severe issue with blood. When he sees it or thinks about it, he becomes overtaken by anxiety and emotional negativity. He has dealt with it nearly his entire life, but it is becoming more of an issue and a point of shame as he grows older. Through flashbacks and reenactments the viewer is given more insight into Aaron's condition and the extent to which he has neglected seeing doctors and dentists, and how he is exceedingly careful at work or in situations where he may accidentally cut himself or see someone else’s blood.
Meet April
Social Psychology
Anxiety Disorders

Meet April

April has always been a cautious individual and even made a living analyzing risk and reward propositions, but her general caution and care turned extreme recently, and she now is terrified of leaving the house or being in public with others. Through flashbacks and reenactments the viewer learns more about how April sees the world as a threat and is unable to fully commit to work or social and family obligations, and she is beginning to come to term
Meet Dennis
Health, Stress, and Coping
Anxiety Disorders

Meet Dennis

Dennis always thought of himself as a well-liked, easy-going type of guy, but over time, he has started having recurrent bouts of anxiety and panic that progressed to where he believed he was having a heart attack. He’s not sure why this is happening to him, and it is giving him increased, everyday anxiety as a result of wondering when the next one will hit him. In this video, Dennis' discussion with his therapist is supplemented by footage that takes the viewer out of the session and directly into Dennis' world. His actions and behaviors are explored to provide additional context for understanding his condition.
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder - Kevin
Depressive Disorders,Depressive Disorders

Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder - Kevin

Kevin's anger and inability to deal with criticism has reached a boiling point and he is finally ready for therapy. He presents and explains that he is not always angry, but a few times a week he loses control and becomes violent and confrontational. He has noticed that others tend to fear his outbursts and his condition is severely impacting his relationships. Viewers are tasked with watching Kevin as he explains his situation and the thoughts he has when the anger takes over. In his words and actions, clues about his condition are revealed, all of which can be used to seek out a potential diagnosis.
Dissociative Identity Disorder - Stephanie
Dissociative Disorders

Dissociative Identity Disorder - Stephanie

Stephanie is struggling greatly as she watches her father slowly dying, and it is having a significant impact on her mental health. She believes the stress and the confusion of the situation have caused her to feel strange. She explains she feels like she has stepped outside of herself and is watching things happen to her as if she were someone else. It has began causing issues with many parts of her life and she is displaying other behaviors that are strange or unlike her. The mystery of what is happening to her is revealed throughout the session, as her words and mannerisms provide the viewer with clues to her symptoms. The learner is able to hear her explanation and see her responses, providing context and insight into her condition.
Gambling Disorder - Alex
Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders

Gambling Disorder - Alex

For Alex's whole life, the only thing he truly felt connected to was the game of poker. He felt great joy while playing and his skill at the game made him feel somehow special. When he grows up and decides its time to follow his destiny and become a professional player, he jumps in with both feet. Soon he is in over his head and finds himself getting more reckless and chasing bigger games to try and get back to even. Alex's story is presented by Alex himself directly to the viewer. This gives the learner an opportunity to hear it unfiltered and to observe mannerisms and behaviors that could hold clues to his disorder.
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Dissociative Disorders
Dissociative Disorders

Dissociative Identity Disorder

Stephanie is struggling greatly as she watches her father slowly dying, and it is having a significant impact on her mental health. She believes the stress and the confusion of the situation have caused her to feel strange. She explains she feels like she has stepped outside of herself and is watching things happen to her as if she were someone else. It has began causing issues with many parts of her life and she is displaying other behaviors that are strange or unlike her. The mystery of what is happening to her is revealed throughout the session, as her words and mannerisms provide the viewer with clues to her symptoms. The learner is able to hear her explanation and see her responses, providing context and insight into her condition.
Gambling Disorder
Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders
Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders

Gambling Disorder

For Alex's whole life, the only thing he truly felt connected to was the game of poker. He felt great joy while playing and his skill at the game made him feel somehow special. When he grows up and decides it's time to follow his destiny and become a professional player, he jumps in with both feet. Soon he is in over his head and finds himself getting more reckless and chasing bigger games to try and get back to even.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety Disorders

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Phillip is a husband and father struggling with some significant issues in his life, including a chronically ill wife, and a young son that he worries is showing signs of Autism Spectrum Disorder. These latest revelations have put him over the edge and he's come in for help. Listen to his story, note what you think are his symptoms and determine your diagnosis.
Updates to the DSM-5-TR: Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome
DSM-5-TR Updates
DSM-5-TR Explainers

Updates to the DSM-5-TR: Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome

During the review process of the DSM-5, it was found that text used in Criterion A for Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome was being misunderstood by a number of professionals in the field. The offending text was officially removed for the DSM-5-TR, but additional text was included to allow for the spirit of the text to still be represented without including the segment that was unclear.
Updates to the DSM-5-TR: Autism Spectrum Disorder
DSM-5-TR Updates
DSM-5-TR Explainers

Updates to the DSM-5-TR: Autism Spectrum Disorder

After repeatedly finding that a small phrase found in the DSM-5 criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorder was misleading practitioners, a revision was ordered for DSM-5-TR. The new text should offer more clarity and consistency.
Updates to the DSM-5-TR: Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder
DSM-5-TR Updates
DSM-5-TR Explainers

Updates to the DSM-5-TR: Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder

When an entry in the DSM is consistently misinterpreted or misunderstood, it is critical to revise the offending text in the next edition of the manual. WIth Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder, the troubling phrase was deemed unnecessary. For the DSM-5-TR, the confusing text was simply removed.
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