Week 1

Question 1

What is the Cross-Cutting Symptom Measure?

How does it differ between adults and peds?

Answer 1

Screening tool to be completed by the patient before an initial evaluation for a mental health patient.
Adult: 23 questions in 13 domains
Pediatric 25 questions in 12 domains

Question 2

What domains are covered in the adult Cross-Cutting Symptom Measure?

Answer 2

Depression, Anger, Mania, Anxiety, Somatic Sxs, Suicidal Ideation, Psychosis, Sleep Problems, Memory, Repetitive Thoughts and Behaviors, Dissociation, Personality Functioning, Substance Use

Question 3

Difference between symptoms and signs

Answer 3

Symptoms: A patient’s subjective report.
Signs: The objective findings.

Question 4

Why does diagnostic accuracy matter?

Answer 4

Determining treatment and prognosis!

Subtle differences in presentation can equate to a different dx –> a completely different treatment plan and prognosis.

Question 5

Mental distress is a complex interplay of what factors?

Answer 5

Biological
Social
Cultural
Psychological

Question 6

cultural function of a Dx

Answer 6

Exempt from normal social roles.

Not held responsible for their illness.

Question 7

What is a Disorder?

Answer 7

Defined as a disturbance in physical or psychological functioning
“A syndrome characterized by a clinically significant disturbance in an individual’s cognition, emotional regulation, or behavior that reflects a dysfunction in the psychological, biological, or developmental processes underlying mental functioning.” -American Psychological Association