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Post by Mea on Jan 12, 2016 6:10:05 GMT
Here is a thread for of all of the checklists I have made so far. This provides some basic information about different mental disorders and can be used as a tool for communicating your symptoms with your mental health provider. They may also be used to self-diagnosing purposes, though further research is recommended if you qualify for a diagnosis. Keep in mind that you may still receive a diagnosis if you do not meet the minimum requirements. Also keep in mind that your experience with a mental disorder exists on a spectrum, and there is no One True Experience for having a mental disorder. You can find the following checklists on this thread: Neurodevelopmental Disorders- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Schizophrenia Spectrum- Psychosis
- Schizophrenia
- Schizoaffective Disorder (coming soon)
Mood Disorders- Bipolar Disorder
- Cyclothymic Disorder (coming soon)
- Major Depressive Disorder
- Persistent Depressive Disorder/Dysthymia (coming soon)
- Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (coming soon)
Anxiety Disorders- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Panic Disorder (coming soon)
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Acute Stress Disorder (coming soon)
Dissociative Disorders- Dissociative Identity Disorder (coming soon)
- Dissociative Amnesia (coming soon)
- Depersonalization/Derealization Disorder (coming soon)
Eating Disorders- Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Bulimia Nervosa
- Binge-Eating Disorder (coming soon)
Personality Disorders- Paranoid Personality Disorder
- Schizoid Personality Disorder
- Schizotypal Personality Disorder
- Anti-Social Personality Disorder
- Borderline Personality Disorder (quiz version)
- Histrionic Personality Disorder
- Narcissistic Personality Disorder
- Avoidant Personality Disorder
- Dependent Personality Disorder
- Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
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Post by Mea on Jan 12, 2016 6:19:36 GMT
Autism Spectrum DisorderSection IMust check ALL of the following:- I have trouble communicating with others.
- I feel I have odd social habits, such as an inability to participate in normal back-and-forth conversation, reduced sharing of interests and emotions, and/or a failure to initiate or respond to social interactions.
- I’m bad at picking up on nonverbal forms of communication, such as body language, gestures, and facial expressions.
- I have difficulty developing, maintaining, and understanding relationships.
- I have experienced these symptoms since I was a minor.
- My symptoms have caused distress for me in social, occupational, and/or other areas of functioning.
- My symptoms are not better explained by another mental disorder, substance use, or a medical condition.
Section IIMust check TWO or more of the following:- I use repetitive motor movements, use of objects, or speech when communicating with others.
- I prefer sameness, and I rely on routines. Small changes can cause me a lot of stress.
- When I become interested in something, I experience it intensely and can become very attached and focused.
- I am hypersensitive to the world around me.
__ / 4 Section IIICommon Symptoms and Behaviors (not required for diagnosis):- I have difficulty picking up on sarcasm.
- I often use overly literal language.
- I have difficulty opening up to others and sharing my emotions.
- I feel anxiety in social situations.
- I am uncomfortable with making eye contact with others.
- I am clumsy.
- I self-harm.
- Sometimes I shut down and just don’t want to speak at all.
- I have trouble with perspective and understanding others’ viewpoints.
- I have difficulty self-analyzing and therefore have difficulty letting people know how I’m feeling and expressing my needs.
- I often find myself at a loss for words.
- I am easily overwhelmed when there are too many people.
- I participate in self-stimulation (or “stimming”), flapping hands/arms, spinning, or needing to apply pressure to certain parts of my body.
- I come off as harsh sometimes because I have difficulty understanding others.
- If someone upsets my routine, it triggers my anxiety.
- I have a sensitivity to light and sound.
- I have difficulty with “me” vs “we” thinking.
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Post by Mea on Jan 12, 2016 6:24:53 GMT
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity DisorderSection I - InattentionMust check SIX or more of the following:- I have a hard time paying attention to specific details, which often leads to careless mistakes being made in work or school activities.
- I have difficulty paying attention.
- I sometimes have trouble listening to people when they speak to me.
- I have a hard time following directions, or I’ll start a task only to get sidetracked and am unable to finish it.
- I have difficulty organizing and fail to meet deadlines.
- I tend to avoid things which require sustained mental effort.
- I am always losing important things.
- I am easily distracted.
- I am incredibly forgetful.
__ / 9 Section II - Hyperactivity and ImpulsivityMust check SIX or more of the following:- I fidget a lot, or simply can’t keep still.
- I find myself leaving my seat often, even when I’m expected to remain seated.
- I am incredibly restless.
- I am unable to engage in activities quietly.
- I am often “on the go” and don’t like to remain in one place for too long.
- I talk excessively.
- I often blurt out answers to questions before the person is even finished asking the question.
- I have difficulty waiting in line for things.
- I have trouble waiting my turn in conversations and often interrupt others.
_ / 9 You do not necessarily have to meet the criteria for both sections. Only ONE is needed for a diagnosis, though your diagnosis would be specified as with more inattention and less hyperactivity, with more hyperactivity and less inattention, or with both high inattention and hyperactivity.Section IIIMust check ALL of the following:- The symptoms of either inattention or hyperactive-impulsivity have been present since I was a child (before age 12)
- My symptoms have been present in multiple settings. (example: both at home and at school.)
- My symptoms have interfered with my everyday life.
- My symptoms do not occur exclusively during the course of a psychotic episode, and are not caused by the presence of another disorder, nor are they caused by substance use or another medical condition.
Section IVCommon symptoms and behaviors which are not required for diagnosis:- I notice delays in my speech.
- I am easily frustrated.
- When I was a kid, I would often run around and climb things when it was inappropriate to do so.
- In school, I would/do often miss small details in schoolwork, resulting in getting a question wrong on a test.
- I prefer to watch a series than a movie, since it’s easier to pay attention for 30 minutes to an hour at a time than it is to sit in one place for two hours.
- Finishing books is incredibly difficult for me.
- Bullet points and small paragraphs are a blessing to me. I hate seeing really large paragraphs.
- I am really bad at time management.
- If I have to stay in one place for too long, it affects my ability to pay attention to what’s going on.
- I do better to multi-task, since then I can switch back and forth between. Focusing on a single task is incredibly difficult.
__ / 10 If you do not fit the diagnostic criteria for ADHD, you may want to look into anxiety disorders and psychotic disorders which may cause some inattention and/or hyperactivity.
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Post by Mea on Jan 12, 2016 6:31:25 GMT
PsychosisWhat is psychosis? Are you experiencing it? Psychosis can manifest in different ways, and this checklist can help you figure out if what you’re experiencing is indeed psychosis. Note: Psychosis is NOT a disorder. It is a symptom which is present in multiple disorders, but this checklist can help you determine whether or not your symptoms are indeed psychosis. In order to for your experience to be considered psychosis, you must experience ONE or more of the following:- Delusions
- Hallucinations
- Disorganized Thinking
__ / 3 DelusionsMust check ONE or more of the following:- I experienced fixed beliefs which won’t change even when I am faced with contradicting evidence.
- I am convinced an individual or group is going to harm me, even though I have no evidence they want to do so, and no reason to believe they do. (Exception: Many people who feel someone intends to harm them do have reason for doing so, but are gaslighted into believing they are instead delusional.)
- I will believe certain gestures, comments, or environmental cues are directed at me, even once it’s proven to me they are not.
- I believe I have exceptional abilities, wealth, or fame.
- I believe someone is in love with me, even when they have told me they are not.
- I believe a major catastrophe is going to occur, despite having no evidence or being presented with evidence disproving my belief.
- I am preoccupied with the thought something is wrong with my body or organs, despite having no symptoms or having proof nothing is wrong with me.
- I feel as if my thoughts are not my own, or that I am being controlled.
__ / 8 Symptoms MUST cause distress in social, occupational, or interpersonal functioning.HallucinationsMust check ONE or more of the following:- I experience incredibly vivid experiences without an external stimulus.
- I hear voices, whether familiar or unfamiliar, which are separate from my own thoughts.
- I see things which are not really there, very clearly as if they are physically there.
__ / 3 Symptoms MUST only be present while the person is fully awake, and not right before going to bed or when just waking up. Hallucinating before and after sleep is quite normal.Disorganized ThinkingMust check ONE or more of the following:- I switch from one topic to another very quickly, and the topics are not related to each other at all.
- My answers to questions are hardly related to the questions asked, or not related at all.
- My speech is disorganized and it’s hard to understand me. (must be severe enough to impair communication, as disorganized speech is common in non-psychotic disorders)
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Post by Mea on Jan 12, 2016 6:37:04 GMT
SchizophreniaSection IMust check ONE of the following, each present for a significant portion of time during a one-month period:- I experience delusions.
- I experience hallucinations.
- I experience disorganized speech patterns, in which I derail from conversation or am incoherent.
__ / 3 Must have at least TWO or more checks TOTAL by the end of this section, including ones from previous section (If you checked two above, you don’t need to check any below, for example): - I experience disorganized or catatonic behavior.
- I experience negative symptoms, such as lack of emotional expression or decrease in motivated to initiate or perform purposeful activities.
__ / 5 For more information on these symptoms of psychosis, see the Psychosis Checklist. Section IIMust check ALL of the following:- For a significant portion of the time I’ve been experiencing these symptoms, I have been unable to function in one or more major areas of my life, such as work, school, my relationships with others, and my ability to take care of myself.
- I have been experiencing these symptoms on and off for at least six months. In this six-month period, I have spent at least one month in which symptoms were present for most of the time.
- I do not experience these symptoms in episodes, such as manic episodes which can be seen in Bipolar Disorder. They are simply persistent regardless of my mood. Any mood episodes I’ve experienced (if any), even depressive episodes, include my psychotic symptoms.
- My symptoms have not been caused by substance use or another medical condition.
Section IIICommon Symptoms and Behaviors Associated (not required for diagnosis):- I have difficulty reading social cues.
- I have difficulty perceiving what’s happening around me.
- I have poor memory.
- I have difficulty focusing.
- I have difficulty expressing myself.
- I have experienced my symptoms since childhood or adolescence.
- I perceive things differently from other people and often remember things differently.
- I am frequently depressed and have little hope for my future.
- People say I have an odd way of thinking.
- I sometimes feel like I can sense people near me, even though no one is there.
- I find myself mumbling in public.
- I have become more withdrawn since my symptoms began.
- I have inappropriate reactions to things sometimes, such as laughing when nothing prompted the response.
- I sometimes feel dysphoric, in which I feel my body is not my own.
- I experience disturbed sleep patterns.
- I have a low appetite.
- I experience dissociation.
- I have anxiety and/or phobias.
- I sometimes interpret events as more meaningful than they actually are.
- I remain mostly unaware of my symptoms unless someone points them out to me.
- I am often angry.
- I am impulsive.
- I feel like I process things more slowly than my peers.
- I have difficulty knowing the intentions of others.
- I have refused treatment or haven’t been able to stick with it for very long.
__ / 25 At this point, if you have checked the minimum, you may qualify for a diagnosis of Schizophrenia. If you did not meet the minimum, you may want to look into Bipolar Disorder or other disorders on the schizophrenia spectrum.
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Post by Mea on Jan 12, 2016 6:37:42 GMT
Schizoaffective Disorder (Coming Soon)
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Post by Mea on Jan 12, 2016 6:57:10 GMT
Bipolar DisorderSection I - Episode Criteria
Manic EpisodeMust check ALL of the following:- I have experienced (and/or currently experience) a period of elevated mood which increased my goal-directed energy and my activity, which lasted at least one week and was present most of the day, nearly every day.
- During this elevated mood, I became more irritable.
- This mood disturbance was severe enough to cause impairment in social or occupational functioning, or caused hospitalization, or caused psychosis.
- The episode was not triggered by substance use or another medication.
Must check THREE or more of the following:- During the period of mood disturbance, I experienced inflated self-esteem.
- I had a decreased need for sleep. (For example, feeling rested after only a few hours of sleep.)
- I was more talkative than usual, and/or I felt a pressure to keep talking.
- I had a flight of ideas and/or felt my thoughts were racing.
- I was very distracted.
- I felt very goal-oriented and had an urge to finish projects.
- I became excessively involved in activities which may have had a high potential for painful consequences.
__ / 7 Total Hypomanic EpisodeSame criteria as a manic episode, except the episode is not severe enough to cause disturbance in social or occupational functioning, does not require hospitalization, and does not experience psychosis. If one experiences any of those things, the episode is manic by definition. You can experience both, or one or the other. Major Depressive EpisodeMust experience ALL of the following symptoms:- I have experienced (and/or currently do) major depressive symptoms during a same two-week period, which was a change from how I was functioning previously.
- My symptoms caused significant distress and/or impairment in social, occupational, and/or other areas of functioning.
- My episode and symptoms were not caused by substance use or another medical condition.
Must experience at least ONE of the following symptoms:- During the episode, I experience severe depression every day, most of the day.
- I lose interest and/or pleasure in things I usually enjoy.
__ / 2 Must experience at least FIVE of the following symptoms, including the symptoms above. (For example, if you got 2/2 above, you only need three in this section.)- I experienced significant weight loss, even though I wasn’t dieting, and I noticed a change in my appetite.
- I experienced either insomnia or hypersomnia every day.
- I felt very restless and agitated.
- I experienced fatigue and had no energy.
- I felt worthless and experienced excessive guilt.
- I had difficulty concentrating, and/or I felt indecisive.
- I experienced suicidal thoughts and/or urges and/or I made an attempt on my own life.
__ / 9 Section II - Diagnosis
Bipolar I Disorder- Criteria has been met for at least one manic episode.
- Can include both hypomanic and major depressive episodes, though neither are required for diagnosis.
Bipolar II Disorder- Criteria has been met for at least one hypomanic episode.
- Criteria has been met for at least one major depressive episode.
- Critera has NOT been met for at least one manic episode. If a manic episode has been experienced, the diagnosis is for Bipolar I, not II.
Section IIICommon symptoms and behaviors found in Bipolar (not required for diagnosis)- I am unable to determine my own health during an episode
- I frequently change my appearance
- I have a sharp sense of smell, hearing, and/or vision
- I am prone to gambling or other financially risky behaviors
- I have poor judgment of others
- I experience rapid mood swings
- I am impulsive
- I experience higher creativity during hypo/manic episodes
- Sometimes, I can be hypomanic/manic and depressed at the same time.
- Sometimes, I feel like my mind is moving very quickly.
__ / 10 If you do not fit the diagnostic criteria for Bipolar Disorder but still relate to many of the symptoms, look into anxiety disorders, major depression, ADHD, and/or schizophrenic disorders.
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Post by Mea on Jan 12, 2016 6:57:51 GMT
Cyclothymic Disorder (coming soon)
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Post by Mea on Jan 12, 2016 7:05:52 GMT
Major Depressive DisorderSection IMust check FIVE or more of the following (and symptoms must be present for two weeks or longer):- I am in a depressed mood most of the day, every day.
- I have lost interest in things which I used to enjoy.
- I have noticed a change in my weight (either loss or gain), or my appetite as changed (increase or decrease).
- I have trouble with sleeping (insomnia or hypersomnia) frequently.
- I experience psychomotor agitation, such as feeling restless and needing to pace around the room.
- I feel fatigued or like I have little energy almost every day.
- I often feel worthless and/or I feel guilty about being sick or not being able to do things.
- I feel like I can’t concentrate, and I have difficulty making decisions.
- I have frequent thoughts of dying (either suicidal or simply imagining a non-suicidal death).
__ / 9 Section IICommon Symptoms and Behaviors (not required for diagnosis):- I often miss out on social events because I cannot bring myself to leave my home.
- I have difficulty finding the motivation to clean or do other household tasks.
- Sometimes, it feels difficult to even get out of bed.
- Sometimes, I imagine myself dying in a car accident, or dying in some other way.
- I imagine my funeral sometimes and wonder how people would react to it.
- I am very indecisive.
- Sometimes, I feel like I’m not really depressed, that maybe I’m just lazy.
- I experience a restlessness occasionally and have to move around physically, such as pacing or spinning around in a chair or changing clothes.
- I constantly feel the need to apologize for being the way I am.
- Sometimes, I can get moody or snappy.
- I sometimes feel very numb, like I have no feelings at all.
- I sometimes experience body aches and pains, despite not doing any physical activity to cause strain.
- I get frequent headaches.
- I pick at my skin a lot.
- I often feel like I have no energy.
- I feel like getting ready in the morning takes twice as long as it should.
- Whenever I get sick (even a cold), I feel like it’s my fault it happened.
- I often blame myself for things which could not possibly be my fault.
- I have difficulty remembering things.
- I often have a skewed perception of time.
__ / 20 Other diagnoses to look into if you feel this doesn’t describe you are anxiety disorders and other mood disorders. If you you relate to this but still feel it does not describe all of your symptoms, you may want to look into Bipolar Disorder.
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Post by Mea on Jan 12, 2016 7:06:34 GMT
Persistent Depressive Disorder/Dysthymia (coming soon)
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Post by Mea on Jan 12, 2016 7:06:49 GMT
Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (coming soon)
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