Psychological Disorders

Psychological Disorders

According to the DSM-5, there are many classes and types of psychological disorders, which can often be confusing for the MCAT student! Fear not, this webinar will help you sort through the most commonly tested psychological disorders. We recommend pairing this webinar with our personality disorder webinar, as personality disorders are often confused for other major psychological disorders.

At a glance

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Essential skills

  • Differentiate similar psychological disorders (especially personality disorders) from one another

  • In this webinar, we provide tables, flow charts, and Venn diagrams to make the memorization earlier, but we encourage you to find the memorization tool that works best for you!

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Knowledge Fundamentals

  • Know your personality, anxiety, dissociative, somatoform, mood, psychotic, and neurocognitive disorders

  • Schizophrenia and named disorders like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's

  • Affected neurotransmitters and drugs that can help different disorders

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On the MCAT

  • The MCAT will never present a psychological case that is ambiguous or difficult to determine (that's the boards). So focus on the details the question stem provides and pick the most likely answer. Don't play Devil's advocate.

  • Psychological disorders can appear in the biological science section as well!

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