Major psychiatric disorders, DSM based diagnostic criteria, and defense mechanisms tested on USMLE Step 1.
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- Minimum duration of depressive symptoms required to diagnose major depressive disorder
- 2 weeks
- Minimum number of symptoms (of 9) needed for a major depressive episode, including depressed mood or anhedonia
- 5 symptoms
- Minimum duration of low mood for persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia) in adults
- 2 years
- Minimum duration of elevated/irritable mood for a manic episode
- 1 week (or any duration if hospitalization is required)
- Minimum duration of elevated/irritable mood for a hypomanic episode
- 4 days
- Defining feature that distinguishes bipolar I disorder from bipolar II disorder
- Bipolar I requires at least one full manic episode
- Diagnostic requirement for bipolar II disorder
- At least one hypomanic episode and one major depressive episode, with no history of full mania
- Minimum duration for cyclothymic disorder
- 2 years of numerous hypomanic and depressive periods not meeting full episode criteria
- Minimum duration of excessive worry required to diagnose generalized anxiety disorder
- 6 months
- Core diagnostic requirement for panic disorder beyond having panic attacks
- At least 1 month of persistent worry about having more attacks or their consequences
- Time to peak intensity of symptoms during a panic attack
- Within 10 minutes
- Minimum duration of fear/avoidance required to diagnose specific phobia
- 6 months
- Core fear that defines social anxiety disorder
- Fear of negative evaluation or scrutiny by others in social situations
- Definition of agoraphobia
- Marked fear or avoidance of situations where escape might be difficult or help unavailable
- Threshold for obsessions or compulsions to qualify as clinically significant in OCD
- Time-consuming (more than 1 hour per day) or causing significant distress/impairment