DSMD ADOLESCENT

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1. Withdraw from or avoid social contacts?
2. Skip or 'cut' classes or miss work?
3. Appear discouraged or depressed?
4. Say that people picked on or did not like him/her?
5. Avoid interaction with peers in social activities?
6. Not show joy or gladness at a happy occasion?
7. Refuse to go to school or work?
8. Have difficulty making or keeping friends?
9. Act timid or shy?
10. Show a strong fear of rejection?
11. Say that people were against him/her (spreading rumors, planning harm, etc.)?
12. Have difficulty sleeping through the night?
13. Show no interest in more than one activity?
14. Cheat or steal?
15. Refuse to participate in activities that used to be enjoyable?
16. Worry a lot about past behavior?
17. Appear unaware of how others felt toward him/her?
18. Refuse to speak?
19. State that he/she is worthless?
20. Appear overconcerned or anxious about the future?
21. Appear uncomfortable or anxious with others?
22. Insist on following a fixed routine?
23. Complain of physical problems (headaches, nausea, dizziness, etc.)?
24. Appear bossed or dominated by peers?
25. Speak in a disorganized way that did not make sense?
26. Appear sleepy or tired during the day?
27. Cling to adults?
28. Get taken advantage of by others?
29. Refuse to eat?
30. Appear unemotional or without feelings?
31. Remain alone or isolated?
32. Show no concern about personal hygiene or cleanliness?
33. Have considerable and sustained interest in sexual activities?
34. Express fears that were unreasonable?
35. Appear devastated when a friendship ended?
36. Have a blank expression?
37. Fail to show pride in his/her accomplishments?
38. Appear confused by activities happening around him/her?
39. Use alcohol or drugs?
40. Appear unaware of what was going on around him/her?
41. Mumble or make unusual vocal noises?
42. Complain about his/her looks (attractiveness)?
43. Repeat certain words or phrases over and over?
44. Choose to socialize with younger peers?
45. Blame himself/herself when not at fault?
46. Get startled or act jumpy?
47. Make strange facial expressions?
48. Repeatedly make odd movements?
49. Report having nightmares?
50. Rock back and forth while sitting or standing?
51. Say that others knew what he/she was thinking?
52. Repeat words spoken in his/her presence in an automatic (parrot-like) fashion?
53. Appear overly high in mood?
54. State that he/she had special powers or was someone else?
55. Fail to control his/her anger?
56. Disregard the feelings of others?
57. Demand adult approval and praise?
58. Have difficulty separating fact from fantasy?
59. Engage in inappropriate sexual activities?
60. Become easily upset or angry when frustrated?
61. Make up or use words in a strange way that had no meaning to others?
62. Destroy or damage property?
63. Have difficulty paying attention?
64. Tease or bully others?
65. Insist on doing things his/her own way?
66. Hurt (hit, kick), push, or physically threaten others?
67. State a desire to be a person of the opposite sex?
68. Engage in compulsive acts or rituals (handwashing, hairpulling, etc.)?
69. Appear obsessed or preoccupied with a specific object or idea?
70. Fail to show sorrow or regret for wrong things he/she had done?
71. Show an interest in violence, death, accidents, etc.?
72. Act sneaky or deceptive in what he/she did?
73. Hit, bite, or otherwise injure himself/herself?
74. Exploit or take advantage of others?
75. Act bossy or dominate others?
76. Act unpredictably?
77. Act impatient?
78. Have trouble concentrating?
79. Appear easily distracted?
80. Become easily overexcited?
81. Threaten or attempt suicide?
82. Refuse to do what was asked of him/her (homework, chores, etc.)?
83. Overreact to changes in the environment or in his/her routine?
84. Blame others for his/her own actions?
85. Become irritable?
86. Pull out his/her hair?
87. Argue with adults?
88. Fidget or appear restless?
89. Appear easily annoyed with others?
90. Fail to finish things he/she started?
91. Avoid discussing problems?
92. Eat or attempt to eat inedible objects (dirt, pins, garbage, sticks, etc.)?
93. Suddenly change moods?
94. Act without thinking (impulsively)?
95. Hold a grudge?
96. Make himself/herself throw up?
97. Eat excessively?
98. Say that external forces were controlling his/her behavior or thinking?
99. Run away from home?
100. Demand attention from adults?
101. Have hallucinations (report hearing, seeing, etc., things that were not there)?
102. Set or threaten to set a fire?
103. Hurt or torture animals?
104. Tell lies?
105. Brag or act boastfully?
106. Talk about suicide or death?
107. Resent or object to being told what to do?
108. Become easily upset?
109. Act loud and boisterous (wild or noisy)?
110. Appear unconcerned about how others felt toward him/her?
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