Category: EPPP Preparation Materials

The video below is the section for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder from Part 7 of TSM’s lecture series on DSM-5 and the EPPP, followed by a transcript. This lecture series aims to equip those preparing for the EPPP with everything you need to know about the impact DSM-5 will be having on the EPPP. To watch all of Part 7, click HERE. To watch earlier lectures in this series, or register for our webinar series on DSM-5 and the EPPP, click HERE.

Transcript of DSM-5 EPPP Lecture Video: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

NARRATIVE DEFINITION:

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorder that develops in response to exposure to a traumatic event, characterized by at least one month of symptoms of re-experiencing the traumatic event; avoiding stimuli that recall the event; numbing; and increased levels of arousal. The event may be experienced personally (e.g., being kidnapped), may be witnessed (e.g., observing a violent assault on another person), or may be learned about after the event has occurred (e.g., hearing that your child has been diagnosed with a life-threatening illness). The traumatic stressor involves threatened or actual death, threatened or actual injury, threat to one’s own physical integrity, or threat to the physical integrity of another person. Continue reading →

The video below is the section for Schizoaffective Disorder from Part 7 of TSM’s lecture series on DSM-5 and the EPPP, followed by a transcript. This lecture series aims to equip those preparing for the EPPP with everything you need to know about the impact DSM-5 will be having on the EPPP. To watch all of Part 7, click HERE. To watch earlier lectures in this series, or register for our webinar series on DSM-5 and the EPPP, click HERE.

Transcript of DSM-5 EPPP Lecture Video: Schizoaffective Disorder

NARRATIVE DEFINITION:

Schizoaffective Disorder is a diagnosis from the chapter on Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorder that is characterized by symptoms of both schizophrenia and a mood episode. More specifically, a diagnosis of Schizoaffective Disorder requires an uninterrupted period of illness, at least one month in duration, in which a Major Depressive or Manic Episode is concurrent with symptoms that meet Criterion A for schizophrenia — which requires two or more of the following symptoms: delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior, and negative/deficit symptoms (e.g., poverty of speech, a volition, affective flattening). Continue reading →

The video below is the section for Schizoid Personality Disorder from Part 7 of TSM’s lecture series on DSM-5 and the EPPP, followed by a transcript. This lecture series aims to equip those preparing for the EPPP with everything you need to know about the impact DSM-5 will be having on the EPPP. To watch all of Part 7, click HERE. To watch earlier lectures in this series, or register for our webinar series on DSM-5 and the EPPP, click HERE.

Transcript of DSM-5 EPPP Lecture Video: Schizoid Personality Disorder

NARRATIVE DEFINITION:

Schizoid Personality Disorder is a Cluster A Personality Disorder characterized by detachment from social relationships and restricted affect in interpersonal settings. Others tend to view individuals with Schizoid Personality Disorder as emotionally distant, cold, and aloof. People with this disorder are often classified as loners, observing rather than participating in the world around them. They appear unresponsive to criticism and praise and neither enjoy nor seek out close relationships. Continue reading →

Anyone taking the EPPP is now expected to know the material in DSM-5, the new edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. The changes that the American Psychiatric Association introduced in DSM-5 incorporate significant scientific advances in more precisely identifying and diagnosing mental disorders.

DSM-5 represents an opportunity to better integrate neuroscience and the wealth of findings from neuroimaging, genetics, and cognitive research that have emerged over the past several decades, all of which are vital to diagnosis and treatment.

It also provides a common language for clinicians to communicate about their patients and establishes consistent and reliable diagnoses that can be used in the research of mental disorders. In addition, it establishes a common language for researchers to study the criteria for potential future revisions and to aid in the development of medications and other interventions.

Many people who are studying to pass their EPPP are nervous about these changes, and have been asking some of the following questions: What is the relationship between DSM-5 and the EPPP, and how will the former affect the later? How will I learn what I need to know for the various EPPP content areas that have been affected by DSM-5? Is everything I learned before about mental illness suspect and unreliable? Are my test-preparation materials up to date with DSM-5?

Since your EPPP success is important to us at the Taylor Study Method, we have been running a lecture series on DSM-5 and the EPPP. The purpose of the Taylor Study Method’s DSM-5 Learning Series series aims to

1. to provide an overview of the content areas that the DSM-5 has integrated
2. to identify the critical points you’ll need to remember regarding the various content areas
3. to utilize motion graphic illustrations and footage to help you further consolidate and retain this new DSM-5 information
4. to demonstrate how the content areas may be presented to you as a question on your licensing exam

In order to fully address these concerns, Part 6 of our lecture series looks at five mental disorders affected by DSM-5. Alternatively, the following links will take you to a video and full transcript for each of these areas:

• Panic Disorder: DSM-5 EPPP Lecture Video by Taylor Study Method
• The DSM-5 itself: DSM-5 EPPP Lecture Video by Taylor Study Method
• Somatic Symptom Disorder: DSM-5 EPPP Lecture Video by Taylor Study Method
• Obesity: DSM-5 EPPP Lecture Video by Taylor Study Method
• Bereavement: DSM-5 EPPP Lecture Video by Taylor Study Method

We trust this series will be very beneficial to you as you take this final step towards licensure.

You can watch earlier parts in this lecture series, and register for future webinars, by clicking here.

The video below is the section for Panic Disorder from Part 6 of TSM’s lecture series on DSM-5 and the EPPP, followed by a transcript. This lecture series aims to equip those preparing for the EPPP with everything you need to know about the impact DSM-5 will be having on the EPPP. To watch all of Part 6, click HERE. To watch earlier lectures in this series, or register for our webinar series on DSM-5 and the EPPP, click HERE.

Transcript of DSM-5 EPPP Lecture Video: Panic Disorder

NARRATIVE DEFINITION:

As defined by the DSM-5, Panic Disorder entails the presence of recurrent, unexpected panic attacks, followed by at least a month of persistent concern about having another panic attack and/or significant maladaptive change in behavior related to the panic attack. Continue reading →

The video below is the section for DSM-5 from Part 6 of TSM’s lecture series on DSM-5 and the EPPP, followed by a transcript. This lecture series aims to equip those preparing for the EPPP with everything you need to know about the impact DSM-5 will be having on the EPPP. To watch all of Part 6, click HERE. To watch earlier lectures in this series, or register for our webinar series on DSM-5 and the EPPP, click HERE.

Transcript of DSM-5 EPPP Lecture Video: DSM-5

NARRATIVE DEFINITION:

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is the standard classification of mental disorders used by mental health professionals. The current version is the fifth edition, referred to as the DSM-5, and published by the American Psychiatric Association in May 2013. Continue reading →

The video below is the section for Somatic Symptom Disorder from Part 6 of TSM’s lecture series on DSM-5 and the EPPP, followed by a transcript. This lecture series aims to equip those preparing for the EPPP with everything you need to know about the impact DSM-5 will be having on the EPPP. To watch all of Part 6, click HERE. To watch earlier lectures in this series, or register for our webinar series on DSM-5 and the EPPP, click HERE.

Transcript of DSM-5 EPPP Lecture Video: Somatic Symptom Disorder

NARRATIVE DEFINITION:

Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders are characterized by prominent somatic symptoms associated with distress and impairment, and more often encountered in primary care and other medical settings than in psychiatric and other mental health settings. A characteristic distinctive of all somatic symptom and related disorders is that the diagnosis is often less about the physical complaints, and more about the way they are presented and interpreted. Continue reading →

The video below is the section for Obesity from Part 6 of TSM’s lecture series on DSM-5 and the EPPP, followed by a transcript. This lecture series aims to equip those preparing for the EPPP with everything you need to know about the impact DSM-5 will be having on the EPPP. To watch all of Part 6, click HERE. To watch earlier lectures in this series, or register for our webinar series on DSM-5 and the EPPP, click HERE.

Transcript of DSM-5 EPPP Lecture Video: Obesity

NARRATIVE DEFINITION:

Obesity is a medical condition in which excess fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse impact on health. It is measured by Body Mass Index (BMI), a calculation that quantifies body fat based on height. An adult is considered to be overweight when he or she has a BMI of 25 to 29.9, and obese if his or her BMI is 30 or more (World Health Organization). Continue reading →

The video below is the section for Bereavement from Part 6 of TSM’s lecture series on DSM-5 and the EPPP, followed by a transcript. This lecture series aims to equip those preparing for the EPPP with everything you need to know about the impact DSM-5 will be having on the EPPP. To watch all of Part 6, click HERE. To watch earlier lectures in this series, or register for our webinar series on DSM-5 and the EPPP, click HERE.

Transcript of DSM-5 EPPP Lecture Video: Bereavement

NARRATIVE DEFINITION:

After a loved one has died, most individual’s experience marked sadness and may display other depressive symptoms such as insomnia, weight loss, and diminished appetite.

The ubiquitousness of such a response across our species signals the likely evolutionary adaptiveness of a period of “shutting down” and consolidating resources in the wake of serious loss. Continue reading →

I wanted to remind everyone about registering for our FREE Lecture Series on the impact DSM-5 is having on the EPPP.

This is your chance to learn everything you need to know about the impact DSM-5 is having on the EPPP and our understanding of mental disorders. Earlier parts of this series have been published on our blog and can be viewed at the following links:

• DSM-5 and the EPPP Part 1
• DSM-5 and the EPPP Part 2
• DSM-5 and the EPPP Part 3
• DSM-5 and the EPPP Part 4
• DSM-5 and the EPPP Part 5
• DSM-5 and the EPPP Part 6
• DSM-5 and the EPPP Part 7

Further lectures in this series will be coming out as live webinars throughout this month. They can be watched for FREE by registering for one of the online sessions.