This DSM-5 Summaries Assignment will introduce you to the more common
categories.
categories.
***** Module 5 *****
Summary Set 3, due at the end of Module 5 (choose 3 categories from this list; 1 page
per category=3 pages of content):
Personality Disorders
Somatic Symptoms
Neurodevelopmental
Schizophrenia Spectrum
Overview – a brief overview of the general category. In one or two sentences, identify the
characteristic(s) that all the disorders in the category share. (Example: in the Depressive
disorders, all the disorders are characterized by feelings of sadness.)
Disorders – For each disorder in the category, write one or two sentences that provide a brief
description of the disorder. In the Overview, you noticed what is similar across the disorders in
the category; in the Disorders section, you will identify the main feature of each disorder that
distinguishes it from the rest of the category (e.g., time frames, severity, types of symptoms, etc.)
Risk and Prognostic Factors – Choose one disorder from each category and provide a brief
summary of the risk and prognostic factors as found in the DSM-5.
You will organize each summary by using the current edition of APA headings. Start each
summary with the category title using a Level 1 APA heading. Overview, Disorders and Risk
and Prognostic Factors should be Level 2 headings.
You will include an APA title page and reference page. An abstract is not needed. Remember,
the graduate program at Liberty uses the guidelines for “Professional” papers, not the “Student”
version.
As this is primarily a summary of the DSM, you may start your DSM-5 Summaries Assignment
paper with the statement “All of the following information was taken from the Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual 5th Edition (American Psychiatric Association, 2013) unless otherwise noted.”
When including this statement, you do not need to use in-text citations for the DSM-5. Using
other sources is not recommended; however, if you use additional sources, you will need to cite
and reference them.
This DSM-5 Summaries Assignment must be a paraphrase of the information you find in the
DSM 5 or your textbook. You may not use any quotations.
characteristic(s) that all the disorders in the category share. (Example: in the Depressive
disorders, all the disorders are characterized by feelings of sadness.)
Disorders – For each disorder in the category, write one or two sentences that provide a brief
description of the disorder. In the Overview, you noticed what is similar across the disorders in
the category; in the Disorders section, you will identify the main feature of each disorder that
distinguishes it from the rest of the category (e.g., time frames, severity, types of symptoms, etc.)
Risk and Prognostic Factors – Choose one disorder from each category and provide a brief
summary of the risk and prognostic factors as found in the DSM-5.
You will organize each summary by using the current edition of APA headings. Start each
summary with the category title using a Level 1 APA heading. Overview, Disorders and Risk
and Prognostic Factors should be Level 2 headings.
You will include an APA title page and reference page. An abstract is not needed. Remember,
the graduate program at Liberty uses the guidelines for “Professional” papers, not the “Student”
version.
As this is primarily a summary of the DSM, you may start your DSM-5 Summaries Assignment
paper with the statement “All of the following information was taken from the Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual 5th Edition (American Psychiatric Association, 2013) unless otherwise noted.”
When including this statement, you do not need to use in-text citations for the DSM-5. Using
other sources is not recommended; however, if you use additional sources, you will need to cite
and reference them.
This DSM-5 Summaries Assignment must be a paraphrase of the information you find in the
DSM 5 or your textbook. You may not use any quotations.