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Zorluk: ZorAnxiety, OCD, and Trauma-Related Disorders

Match each clinical vignette describing a psychiatric presentation to the most appropriate DSM-5 diagnostic category based on core clinical features, symptomatology, and timeframe.

  • A 25-year-old mother experiences recurrent, distressing images of dropping her infant down the stairs. She knows these thoughts are irrational but feels compelled to repeatedly check the baby's crib locks to alleviate her intense anxiety.Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • A 32-year-old accountant rigidly insists on categorizing all household expenses, becomes angry when his strict routines are interrupted, and views his extreme perfectionism as a necessary virtue for a successful life.Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD)
  • A 45-year-old woman refuses to use public transportation or attend crowded concerts. She explains she is terrified she might experience sudden dizziness in these situations and would be completely unable to escape or get help.Agoraphobia
  • A 19-year-old college student avoids eating in the cafeteria and attending dorm parties. He fears his hands will shake when holding a tray, leading others to judge him harshly as incompetent or weird.Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia)
  • A 28-year-old man presents with insomnia, restlessness, and anxiety that began 2 months after taking a new, highly demanding corporate job. He denies any life-threatening trauma. Symptoms cause distress but do not meet criteria for Generalized Anxiety Disorder.Adjustment Disorder with Anxiety

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The correct matching aligns the mother with postpartum obsessions to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder; the rigid, perfectionistic accountant to Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder; the woman fearing inability to escape public places to Agoraphobia; the student fearing negative evaluation to Social Anxiety Disorder; and the man with job-related anxiety to Adjustment Disorder.
Each diagnosis is uniquely defined by specific DSM-5 criteria regarding the core cognition of the fear, the nature of the intrusive thoughts, and the relationship to a stressor. OCD requires ego-dystonic obsessions/compulsions. OCPD is characterized by ego-syntonic rigidity. Agoraphobia centers on the fear of being unable to escape. Social Anxiety Disorder centers on the fear of negative evaluation. Adjustment Disorder requires symptom onset within 3 months of an identifiable stressor without meeting criteria for another disorder.

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Differentiate Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) from Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD).
Identify that the mother has true, ego-dystonic obsessions and compulsions (OCD), while the accountant has ego-syntonic perfectionism and rigidity without true obsessions or compulsions (OCPD).
OCD and OCPD sound similar but have fundamentally different psychopathology regarding the patient's relationship to their symptoms (ego-dystonic vs. ego-syntonic).
2
Distinguish between Agoraphobia and Social Anxiety Disorder by identifying the core underlying fear in situational avoidance.
Identify that the woman avoids crowds due to fear of being trapped without help (Agoraphobia), while the student avoids social settings due to fear of scrutiny and negative evaluation (Social Anxiety Disorder).
Both disorders involve avoidance of public situations, but the diagnostic criteria depend on the cognitive motivation behind the avoidance.
3
Evaluate the timeline and trigger for the man's anxiety symptoms.
Identify that the symptoms began within 3 months of a non-life-threatening stressor (a new job) and do not meet criteria for another specific anxiety disorder, establishing the diagnosis of Adjustment Disorder.
Adjustment Disorder requires a specific inciting stressor and serves as a diagnosis when full criteria for conditions like GAD or Major Depressive Disorder are not met.

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Differential diagnosis of anxiety and related disorders based on core fear cognitions and ego-syntonic versus ego-dystonic symptom presentation.
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