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).