DSM-5-TR Mnemonics

DURing DEVelopment DEFicit: INTELlectual + ADAPTive.

Adaptive functioning in Conceptual, Social, and Practical domains, Not IQ.

Express or comprehend words, sentences, discourses expected for age during development.

Speech sound limits communication during development.

Repeat or prolong or substitute the pauses or block repetitive tensions during development.

Understand social and contextual rules of conversation during development.

Reciprocate, relate, and communicate in social interactions; restrict repetitive, rigid, and unusual reactive behavior during developmental period.

(HAL, DEL, DOZ Speech) & DOZ Behavior (inc. Cata)

(HAL, DEL, DOZ Speech) & DOZ Behavior (inc. Cata) + Negative Symptoms (2/5 ≥ 1(1-3))

(HAL, DEL, DOZ Speech) & DOZ Behavior (inc. Cata) + Negative Symptoms (2/5 ≥ 1(1-3)) + Impairment of Functioning ≥ 6M

Forgets or recalls little of incomplete awakening happened while walking or shouting during the first third of sleep.

Appetite, Sad, Anxiety, Irritability, Lability, Overwhelmed, Concentration, Sleep, Physical, Interests, Anergia

P: Persistent (>6 months) | H: Handicapping (restricted lifestyle) | O: Out of proportion | B: Beginning immediately and almost always | I: Intense fear or anxiety about a specific object or situation, leading to | A: Avoidance

P: Preoccupation | A: Acts | I: Impairment | N: Not from eating disorder

P: Perceived | I: Inability | L: Litter | E: Exclude | D: Distress

R: Resentful | E: Easily annoyed | A: Argues with adults | L: Loses temper | B: Blames others for his or her misbehavior | A: Annoys people deliberately | D: Defies rules or requests | S: Spiteful

B: Bullying | A: Animal cruelty | D: Destroying others' property | F: Fighting | O: Out late at night | R: Running away from home | A: Actively forcing sex | B: Being cruel to people | U: Using a weapon | S: Setting fires | I: Into someone's house, building, or car | N: Not going to school | E: Everyday lying or conning others | S: Stealing while confronting a victim | S: Stealing without confronting a victim | -- | T: Theft | R: Rule | A: Aggression | P: Property

S: Suicidal thoughts | I: Interests decreased | G: Guilt | E: Energy decreased | C: Concentration decreased | A: Appetite disturbance (+/-) | P: Psychomotor changes | S: Sleep disturbance (+/-)

D: Distractibility | I: Indiscretion | G: Grandiosity | F: Flight of ideas | A: Activity increase | S: Sleep deficit | T: Talkativeness

T: Talkative | A: Attention deficit | D: Decreased need for sleep | H: High self-esteem / grandiosity | I: Ideas that race | G: Goal-directed activity increased | H: High-risk activity

W: Worry | A: Anxiety | T: Tension in muscles | C: Concentration difficulty | H: Hyperarousal (or irritability) | E: Energy loss | R: Restlessness | S: Sleep disturbance

T: Traumatic event | R: Re-experience | A: Avoidance | U: Unable to function | M: Month or more of symptoms | A: Arousal increased

M: Magical thinking | E: Experiences unusual perceptions | P: Paranoid ideation | E: Eccentric behavior or appearance | C: Constricted or inappropriate affect | U: Unusual thinking or speech | L: Lacks close friends | I: Ideas of reference | A: Anxiety in social situations | R: Rule out psychotic or pervasive developmental disorders

D: Detached or flattened affect | I: Indifferent to criticism or praise | S: Sexual experiences of little interest | T: Tasks done solitarily | A: Absence of close friends | N: Neither desires nor enjoys close relationships | T: Takes pleasure in few activities

C: Cannot conform to law | O: Obligations ignored | R: Reckless disregard for safety | R: Remorseless | U: Underhanded (deceitful) | P: Planning insufficient (impulsive) | T: Temper (irritable and aggressive)

I: Impulsive | M: Moodiness | P: Paranoia or dissociation under stress | U: Unstable self-image | L: Labile, intense relationships | S: Suicidal gestures | I: Inappropriate anger | V: Vulnerability to abandonment | E: Emptiness (feelings of)

D: Disturbance of identity | E: Emotionally labile | S: Suicidal behavior | P: Paranoia or dissociation | A: Abandonment (fear of) | I: Impulsive | R: Relationships unstable | E: Emptiness (feelings of) | R: Rage (inappropriate)

A: Appearance focused | C: Center of attention | T: Theatrical | R: Relationships (believed more intimate than they are) | E: Easily influenced | S: Seductive behavior | S: Shallow emotions | S: Speech (impressionistic and vague)

G: Grandiose | R: Requires attention | A: Arrogant | N: Need to be special | D: Dreams of success and power | I: Interpersonally exploitative | O: Others (unable to recognize feelings/needs of) | S: Sense of entitlement | E: Envious

C: Criticism or rejection preoccupies thoughts in social situations | R: Restraint in relationships due to fear of shame | I: Inhibited in new relationships | N: Needs to be sure of being liked before engaging socially | G: Gets around occupational activities with need for interpersonal contact | E: Embarrassment prevents new activity or taking risks | S: Self viewed as unappealing or inferior

R: Reassurance required | E: Expressing disagreement difficult | L: Life responsibilities assumed by others | I: Initiating projects difficult | A: Alone (feels helpless and uncomfortable when alone) | N: Nurturance (goes to excessive lengths to obtain) | C: Companionship sought urgently when a relationship ends | E: Exaggerated fears of being left to care for self

S: Stubborn | C: Cannot discard worthless objects | R: Rule obsessed | I: Inflexible | M: Miserly | P: Perfectionistic | E: Excludes leisure due to devotion to work | R: Reluctant to delegate to others

C: CUT DOWN | A: ANNOYED | G: GUILTY | E: EYE-OPENER

I: Infection | W: Withdrawal | A: Acute metabolic | T: Trauma | C: CNS pathology | H: Hypoxia | D: Deficiencies | E: Endocrinopathies | A: Acute vascular | T: Toxins or drugs | H: Heavy metals