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Core competencies

DSM-5 Diagnostic Knowledge:

Major Depressive Disorder (F32.x, F33.x): severity specifiers, recurrence patterns, melancholic/atypical/anxious distress features
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (F41.1): excessive worry, somatic symptoms, functional impairment criteria
PTSD (F43.10): Criterion A trauma, intrusion symptoms, avoidance, negative cognitions/mood, arousal/reactivity; distinguish from Acute Stress Disorder
Bipolar Disorders (F31.x): manic/hypomanic episode criteria, mixed features, rapid cycling specifiers
Borderline Personality Disorder (F60.3): nine diagnostic criteria, pattern of instability, differential from Complex PTSD
Substance Use Disorders (F10-F19): severity specifiers (mild/moderate/severe), remission specifiers
OCD (F42.x): obsessions and compulsions, insight specifiers
ADHD (F90.x): inattentive, hyperactive-impulsive, combined presentations
Adjustment Disorders (F43.2x): stressor-related, subtype specifiers
Understand differential diagnosis, rule-outs, and comorbidity patterns

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