Mano Atlas
A plain-language map of mental disorders, open to anyone learning: DSM-5 diagnostic criteria, teaching diagrams, international examples, and the Nepali context for each. Topics from the CTEVT Psychosocial Counselor curriculum carry a small tag, so counselling students can see at a glance what is examinable.
What the two tags mean: every chapter and card carries one. CTEVT PSC curriculum marks content that is on the official Psychosocial Counselor syllabus and can appear in the exam. Beyond curriculum marks content added for completeness (the rest of the DSM-5, newer research, practical extras): worth knowing, not examinable. Readers who are not students can ignore the tags.
If you or someone near you is struggling right now: in Nepal, call the National Suicide Prevention Helpline 1166 (Mental Hospital, Lagankhel) or the TUTH mental-health hotline 1660 012 1600; in an emergency dial 112 or 100. This site is for learning: it cannot replace a person who can help.
The DSM-5 map, where everything lives
DSM-5 organises mental disorders into about twenty chapters, ordered roughly by the age at which they typically first appear. Colour marks the categories this atlas covers in depth; the tag on each cell shows whether it sits inside the CTEVT PSC curriculum.
On every disorder page a small chip like 296.2x · F32 sits beside the heading: these are the diagnosis codes, the DSM-5's older ICD-9-CM number first, then the ICD-10 code (the "F-code") used in hospital records, referral letters and insurance forms today; the DSM-5 prints the US clinical modification, ICD-10-CM, of the same code. The x stands for a digit that encodes severity.
For CTEVT PSC exam takers: if a paper asks you to list the types of mental illness, give the curriculum's own answer first; anxiety, depression, conversion disorder, psychosis, plus child mental illness, and only then add breadth. Breadth after accuracy, never instead of it.
Three friendly questions to settle what you just read. This is reassurance, not a test: a wrong tap is part of learning, and you can try again.
How does DSM-5 mainly order its chapters?
✔ Yes. Chapters run roughly from childhood-onset to later-life disorders.
Not quite; have another look. The answer is in this section.
In a CTEVT exam, the first list of mental illness types to give is:
✔ Yes. Curriculum first, breadth after: that is the standing exam rule.
Not quite; have another look. The answer is in this section.
A "Beyond curriculum" tag on a page means:
✔ Yes. Clients never read the syllabus; the tag just tells students what is examinable.
Not quite; have another look. The answer is in this section.
Pick one, not all: these are chosen to be light, not exhaustive.