Why We Made This:

• Studying mental health diagnostics can feel overwhelming and fragmented — terminology, symptom patterns, and diagnostic criteria are often scattered across dense texts. We created this visual guide to presenting key information in an organized, visual, and easy-to-reference format. This resource bridges the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical application, making complex concepts more digestible and memorable.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand and differentiate key neurocognitive domains (e.g., memory types, executive functioning, social cognition).

• Distinguish between dementia, pseudodementia, and delirium, noting similarities, differences, and prognosis.

• Identify the duration, symptoms, and diagnostic criteria of psychotic disorders, including positive and negative symptom profiles.

• Compare Bipolar I, Bipolar II, and Cyclothymia, including mood episode characteristics and duration.

• Explain major theories of depression, such as Beck’s cognitive triad, learned helplessness, and attribution theory, with examples.

• Recognize DSM criteria, severity specifiers, and substance categories for substance use disorders (SUDs).