AP PSYCHOLOGY

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ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR

ANXIETY DISORDERS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
True or false:for Social Anxiety Disorder, you should add a specifier only if the condition is present. If the condition is not present, do not add a specifier.
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The clinician may also include the specifier that the social anxiety is performance situation specific-e.g., oral presentations (American Psychiatric Association, 2013).

Detailed explanation-2: -When the presence of a panic attack is identified, it should be noted as a specifier (e.g.-“social anxiety disorder with panic attacks”). For panic disorder, the presence of panic attack is contained within the criteria for the disorder and panic attack is not used as a specifier.

Detailed explanation-3: -For instance, DSM-5 uses F40. 10 for Social Anxiety Disorder which maps to “Social Phobia, Unspecified” in the ICD-10-CM. Social phobia, generalized is coded as F40. 11, which may be a more appropriate diagnostic code for different presentations.

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