choose a disorder and write a 1-2 page case to post which gives clues to signs and symptoms that will lead to a diagnosis. You may also write a case that is sub-clinical, meaning that that it doesn′t full meet the criteria due to number of symptoms or duration. Please also consider including specifier criteria. Example: You read the section on Elimination Dx, and decide to write a case on: Enuresis Diagnostic Criteria 307.6 (F98.0) A. Repeated voiding of urine into bed or clothes, whether involuntary or intentional. B. The behavior is clinically significant as manifested by either a frequency of at least twice a week for at least 3 consecutive months or the presence of clinically significant distress or impairment in social, academic (occupational), or other important areas of functioning. C. Chronological age is at least 5 years (or equivalent developmental level). D. The behavior is not What are the attributable to the physiological effects of a substance (e.g., a diuretic, an antipsychotic medication) or another medical condition (e.g., diabetes, spina bifida, a seizure disorder). Specify whether: Nocturnal only: Passage of urine only during nighttime sleep. Diurnal only: Passage of urine during waking hours. Nocturnal and diurnal: A combination of the two subtypes above. You then write the following case. Turc is 50-year old, male, college professor at a Wyoming college. He presented to the clinic for an ″embarrassing and sensitive issue.″ He arrived for the interview neatly dressed with a shaved head, and appeared anxious. He blushed and spoke haltingly. He appeared to be wearing an adult incontinence undergarment under his pants, and I noted a faint smell of stale urine. He said that last spring semester, one of his Abnormal Psychology students started ridiculing him in class for being a ″fat, old, bald guy.″ Other students began mocking him, and he began to get extremely anxious in class, and would urinate slightly in his undergarments. This started to happen every class. Over the summer session, he began urinating any time he grew anxious, about 2-3 times a week. He began to wear Depends during the day. He reports no incontinence while sleeping. He met with his primary care physician, who ruled out physiological, or medical causes. He is ″really, very, very, very worried″ that with fall classes having started, he will have more episodes of incontinence, and his students will find out.
