INFORMATION AND FOCUS AREAS PSPA3714 MAIN AND ADDITIONAL

EXAMINATIONS 2023
MAIN EXAM:
DATE: MONDAY 12 JUNE 2023
TIME: 08:00 - 10:00
VENUES: CCH (CALLIE HUMAN HALL) & EXR 6 (EXAM ROOM 6)
MARKS: 100 TIME: 2 HOURS

ADDITIONAL EXAM:
DATE: NOT AVAILABLE YET
TIME: NOT AVAILABLE YET
VENUES: NOT AVAILABLE YET
MARKS: 100 TIME: 2 HOURS

GENERAL INFORMATION [APPLIES TO BOTH EXAM OPPORTUNITIES]:

 THERE ARE NO MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS.
 There is A QUESTION WHERE YOU JUST HAVE TO NAME THE PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDER
based on short descriptions of mini case vignettes. CAN BE FROM ANY OF THE CHAPTERS.
 There is A QUESTION WHERE YOU JUST HAVE TO NAME THE SLEEPWAKE DISORDER based
on short descriptions of mini case vignettes.
 MEDIUM to LONGER CASE STUDIES, where you first must identify and name the diagnosis
of the disorder and the follow-up question will be to list the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria as it
is described in the DSM-5 tables or provide the clinical description for your diagnosis etc.
 More DIRECT THEORETICAL QUESTIONS.
 The mark allocation will vary between 5 MARKS and 14 MARKS and there will be 11
QUESTIONS in total.

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FOCUS AREAS [APPLIES TO BOTH EXAM OPPORTUNITIES]:
 FOCUS AREAS = STUDY AND KNOW WELL FOR THE EXAMS!!!

UNIT 1: CHAPTER 1:
NO EXAM QUESTIONS [YOU CAN LEAVE THIS CHAPTER OUT]
UNIT 1: CHAPTER 3:
NO EXAM QUESTIONS [YOU CAN LEAVE THIS CHAPTER OUT]
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UNIT 3: CHAPTER 5:

 The DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for a PANIC ATTACK.

 The DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for GENERALISED ANXIETY DISORDER.
 The DSM-5 criteria for SPECIFIC PHOBIA.
 The major subtypes of Specific Phobia’s + examples.
 The clinical picture and DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for SOCIAL ANXIETY
DISORDER (SOCIAL PHOBIA).
 The clinical picture and/or DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for POST-TRAUMATIC
STRESS DISORDER, SEPARATION ANXIETY DISORDER, AND BODY
DYSMORPHIC DISORDER to recognise, identify and just name them based on
short case vignettes [but you won’t be asked to list the DSM-5 criteria for these
disorders].
 The slides have the correct DSM-5 criteria for PTSD. The DSM-5 table in the
textbook IS NOT FULLY CORRECT. Therefore, please STUDY THE CORRECT
VERSION ON THE SLIDES and not the Table in the textbook.

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UNIT 3: CHAPTER 6:
 The clinical description and/or DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for ILLNESS ANXIETY
DISORDER, DISSOCIATIVE AMNESIA, including the description of the sub-
type/specifier DISSOCIATIVE FUGUE and DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER to
recognise, identify and just name them based on short case vignettes [but you
won’t be asked to list the DSM-5 criteria for these disorders].
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UNIT 4: CHAPTER 7:
 The DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for MAJOR DEPRESSIVE EPISODE.
 The DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for a MANIC EPISODE.
 The DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for DISRUPTIVE MOOD DYSREGULATION
DISORDER.
 The clinical description and/or DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for BIPOLAR I and
BIPOLAR II DISORDERS to recognise, identify and just name them based on
short case vignettes [but you won’t be asked to list the DSM-5 criteria for these
disorders].

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UNIT 5: CHAPTER 8:

 The DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for ANOREXIA NERVOSA.

 The Medical Consequences and Associated Psychological Disorders for
ANOREXIA NERVOSA.
 The Medical Consequences and Associated Psychological Disorders for
BULIMIA NERVOSA.

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 The clinical description and/or DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for BULIMIA
NERVOSA and BINGE-EATING DISORDER to recognise, identify and just name
them based on short case vignettes [but you won’t be asked to list the DSM-5
criteria for these disorders].
 The clinical description and/or DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for INSOMNIA,
HYPERSOMNOLENCE DISORDER, NARCOLEPSY, BREATHING-RELATED SLEEP
DISORDERS, NIGHTMARE DISORDER, SLEEP TERRORS (NON-RAPID EYE
MOVEMENT SLEEP AROUSAL DISORDER), AND SLEEPWALKING (NON-RAPID
EYE MOVEMENT SLEEP AROUSAL DISORDER) to recognise, identify and just
name them based on short case vignettes [but you won’t be asked to list the
DSM-5 criteria for these disorders].

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UNIT 6: CHAPTER 11:

 The MEDICAL CONSEQUENCES OF CHRONIC ALCOHOL USE [You will find it
under the Effects of long-term alcohol use] and FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME
(FAS).
 The DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for CANNABIS USE DISORDER [The criteria are
the same as those for Alcohol Use Disorder which you already studied for the
test].

UNIT 7, CHAPTER 12:

 The DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER.
 The DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER.
 The DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for HISTRIONIC PERSONALITY DISORDER.

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 The clinical description and/or DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for BORDERLINE
PERSONALITY DISORDER, SCHIZOID PERSONALITY DISORDER and AVOIDANT
PERSONALITY DISORDER to recognise, identify and just name them based on
short case vignettes [but you won’t be asked to list the DSM-5 criteria for these
disorders].

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UNIT 8, CHAPTER 13:

 The POSITIVE and NEGATIVE SYMPTOMS of SCHIZOPHRENIA [Also be able to

RECOGNISE SCHIZOPHRENIA in a shorter case study].
 The DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for DELUSIONAL DISORDER.
 The different DELUSIONAL SUBTYPES.

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UNIT 9: CHAPTER 14:

 The DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria for ATTENTION DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY

DISORDER [Can ask either the “inattention” or “hyperactivity and impulsivity”
categories or both with a number of symptoms under each category – know
the symptoms/criteria under both sub-headings].
 The DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria for CONDUCT DISORDER [Can ask the different
sub-categories or combinations thereof e.g., Aggression to people and animals
and Destruction to Property etc. – know the symptoms/criteria under the
different sub-headings].
 The clinical picture and/or DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria for AUTISM SPECTRUM
DISORDER, OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER to recognise, identify and just

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 name them based on short case vignettes [but you won’t be asked to list the
DSM-5 criteria for these disorders].
 The DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for ENURESIS and ENCOPRESIS [NOT IN
TEXTBOOK – USE SLIDES TO STUDY FROM]

UNIT 10: CHAPTER 15:

 The DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria for DELIRIUM.

 The POSSIBLE CAUSES OF DELIRIUM – Predisposing and Precipitating. [The
descriptive slides will be adequate – You don’t need to study the attached
Tables from the textbook]
 The CLASSES OF NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDERS based on (PRESUMPTIVE)
AETIOLOGY (CAUSES) [To List – NO DETAILS or DESCRIPTIONS ARE
NECESSARY!]
 The clinical picture for MAJOR NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDER DUE TO
ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE.

GOOD LUCK!!!

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