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For the past two weeks Barbara has experienced serious symptoms including weight loss, feelings of worthlessness, insomnia, and difficultly in concentrating. She is also experiencing depressed mood and loss of interest in doing much of anything. What is the DSM-5 term for what Barbara is experiencing?

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Answer: INSOMNIA DISORDER.

Explanation: There´s a part that doesn´t fit: weight loss.

When this disorder reaches a certain level of severity, other symptoms may appear. Such as slowness to process even basic information. We can attach this with loss of interest.

Weight loss is an affection that appears after almost any kind of traumatic event or uncombfortable situation, so in this case we can count with it.

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