The document discusses anxiety and provides diagnostic criteria from the DSM-5 for assessing clients who may suffer from anxiety disorders. It includes a case study of a client and instructs students to review the case study, consider signs and symptoms, and provide a diagnosis with rationale based on DSM-5 criteria. It also notes that additional information may be needed to make an accurate diagnosis. Students are asked to support their responses with references from the provided readings on anxiety, trauma, obsessive-compulsive disorders, and diagnostic criteria.

1. Discussion 1: Anxiety
Daily, you may be bombarded with tasks, challenges, and
obstacles. Naturally, this may cause you to experience an
uneasy
or
overwhelming
feeling. For many, this level of stress might be a phase of life.
However, some may be
immobilized
by these feelings, unable to cope with particular situations. For
many who suffer from these feelings, life challenges and
adjustments may quickly spiral into a whirlwind of chaos and
confusion.
For this Discussion, review the client in the case study within
the Learning Resources. Consider symptoms or signs presented
by the client for a diagnosis. Think about how you, as a future
professional in the field, might justify your rationale for
diagnosis. Consider what other information you may need for
diagnosis on the basis of the DSM diagnostic criteria.
With these thoughts in mind:
Post by Day 3
a diagnosis of the client in the case study. Then explain your
rationale for assigning this diagnosis on the basis of the DSM
diagnostic criteria. Finally, explain what other information you
might need about the client to make an accurate diagnosis based
on those criteria.
Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific
references to the Learning Resources and current literature.
Required Resources
Note:
To access this week's required library resources, please click on
the link to the Course Readings List, found in the

2. Course Materials
section of your Syllabus.
Readings
·
American Psychiatric Association. (2013).
Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders
(5th ed.). Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing.
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Anxiety Disorders
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Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders
o
Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
·
Paris, J. (2015
). The intelligent clinician’s guide to the DSM-5
(2nd ed.).
New York, NY: Oxford University Press. Retrieved from the
Walden Library.
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Chapter 11, Anxiety Disorders, Trauma, and the Obsessive-
Compulsive Spectrum
·

3. Armour, C., Elklit, A., & Shevlin, M. (2013). The latent
structure of acute stress disorder: A posttraumatic stress
disorder approach.
Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, And Policy
,
5
(1), 18–25. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
·
Koffel, E., Polusny, M., Arbisi, P., & Erbes, C. (2012). A
preliminary investigation of the new and revised symptoms of
posttraumatic stress disorder in DSM-5.
Depression And Anxiety
,
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(8), 731–738. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
·
Lent, R. W. (2004). Toward a unifying theoretical and practical
perspective on well-being and psychosocial adjustment.
Journal of Counseling Psychology, 51
(4), 482–509. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
·
Santiago, P. N., Ursano, R. J., Gray, C. L., Pynoos, R. S.,
Spiegel, D., Lewis-Fernandez, R., & ... Fullerton, C. S. (2013).
A systematic review of PTSD prevalence and trajectories in
DSM-5 defined trauma exposed populations: Intentional and
non-intentional traumatic events.
Plos ONE

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Lopez, S. J., & Edwards, L. M. (2008). The interface of
counseling psychology and positive psychology: Assessing and
promoting strengths. In S. D. Brown, & R. W. Lent (Eds.),
Handbook of counseling psychology
(4th ed., pp. 86–99). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
Mataix-Cols, D., & Pertusa, A. (2012). Annual Research
Review: Hoarding disorder: potential benefits and pitfalls of a
new mental disorder.
Journal Of Child Psychology & Psychiatry
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53
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Mohlman, J., Bryant, C., Lenze, E. J., Stanley, M. A., Gum, A.,
Flint, A., & ... Craske, M. G. (2012). Improving recognition of
late life anxiety disorders in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition: observations and
recommendations of the Advisory Committee to the Lifespan
Disorders Work Group.
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O'Connor, J., Fell, M., & Fuller, R. (2010). Escaping, forgetting
and revisiting the scene: The post-traumatic compulsion to
repeat in obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Counseling Psychology Quarterly, 23
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Snowdon, J., Pertusa, A., & Mataix-Cols, D. (2012). On
hoarding and squalor: A few considerations for DSM-5.
Depression And Anxiety
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Timpano, K. R., Broman-Fulks, J. J., Glaesmer, H., Exner, C.,
Rief, W., Olatunji, B. O., & ... Schmidt, N. B. (2013). A
taxometric exploration of the latent structure of hoarding.
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