Question

18. Anxiety and mood disorders share a number of clinical features (e.g., mixed symptoms) and possibly a common genetic vulnerability. What evidence (biological, psychological, social) supports the DSM 5 differentiation of anxiety and mood disorders as distinct classes of disorders?

Answer 1

The DSM 5 was published on may 18th 2013.Notable changes have been made in the reconceptualization of asperger's syndrome from an autistic spectrum disorder.elimination of subtypes of schizoprenia and inclusion of binge eating disorder.

Anxiety and Mood Disorders in DSM IV

Mood disorders include Bipolar disorder,major depressive order

Anxiety disorders include Generalized anxiety disorder and social anxiety disorder

DSM 5 Classification

panic disorder and agrophobia become two specific disorders,panic attack became a specifier for all DSM 5 disorders,for various forms of anxiety disorders DSM 5 removes thet the subject which was formerly 18 years must realize that their fear or anxiety is excessive and unreasonable,social anxiety disorder changed in the favour of performance only specifier.Panic attack became a specifier for all DSM 5 disorders.However there are cultural differences but this is taken as base for classification.

The new disruptive mood dysregulation disorder for children upto age of 18 years,the term dysthemia would be called persistent depressive disorder,specifiers were added for mixed symptoms and for anxiety along with guidance to physicians for suicidality.Anxiety symptoms called a specifier( anxious distress )added to bipolar disorder and depressive disorder (not part of bipolar diagnostic criteria).