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DSM 5 tr summaries 

Summary Set 2, due at the end of Module 3 (total of 3 summaries; 1 page per category=3 pages of content):

• Substance-related and Addictive Disorders

• Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders

• Obsessive-compulsive and Related Disorders

Overview – a brief overview of the general category. In one or two sentences, identify the 

characteristic(s) that all the disorders in the category share. (Example: in the Depressive 

disorders, all the disorders are characterized by feelings of sadness.) 

Disorders – For each disorder in the category, write one or two sentences that provide a brief 

description of the disorder. In the Overview, you noticed what is similar across the disorders in 

the category: in the Disorders section, you will identify the main feature of each disorder that 

distinguishes it from the rest of the category (e.g., time frames, severity, types of symptoms, etc.)

Risk and Prognostic Factors – Choose one disorder from each category and provide a brief 

summary of the risk and prognostic factors as found in the DSM-5-TR. 

You will organize each summary by using the current edition of APA headings. Start each 

summary with the category title using a Level 1 APA heading. Overview, Disorders and Risk 

and Prognostic Factors should be Level 2 headings. 

You will include an APA title page and reference page. An abstract is not needed. Remember, 

the graduate program at Liberty uses the guidelines for “Professional” papers, not the “Student” 

version.

As this is primarily a summary of the DSM, you may start your DSM-5-TR Summaries 

Assignment paper with the statement “All of the following information was taken from the 

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 5th Edition (American Psychiatric Association, 2013) unless 

otherwise noted.” When including this statement, you do not need to use in-text citations for the 

DSM-5-TR. Using other sources is not recommended; however, if you use additional sources, 

you will need to cite and reference them.