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In DSM-IV, the criteria set for schizoaffective disorder ‘‘has been changed to focus on an uninterrupted episode of illness rather than on the lifetime pattern of symptoms’’. Obviously, there are significant differences in validity and reliability of diagnosis among diagnostic categories. In recent years, some of the personality diagnoses such as narcissistic personality disorder or […]
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dsm iv diagnosis codes for mental health
The Recent DSMs-III, III-R, AND IV As already noted, there has been considerable activity in recent years in forming new psychiatric diagnostic systems. Three revised diagnostic manuals have been published in just 14 years. Furthermore, these manuals were considerably larger than their predecessors, and the approach and methods for producing them differed in important ways. […]
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DSM-IV Bulimia Nervosa Diagnosis
Criteria for diagnosis of bulimia nervosa. Current classification and definition (the main points of ICD1O (WHO 1992) and DSM-IV (APA 1994) combined) A persistent compulsion to overeat accompanied by a sense of lack of control. The overeating consists of more than 1000 calories – more than others would eat during a similar 2-hour period. These […]
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What is pain disorder:DSM-IV TR pain disorder
Pain disorder was previously known as somatoform pain disorder in DSM-III-R and as psychogenic pain disorder in DSM-III. The essential feature of pain disorder in DSM-IV is a preoccupation with pain in one or more anatomical areas that is sufficiently severe to warrant clinical attention; that causes impairment in daily living; and psychological factors, it […]
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Definition of PTSD DSM-IV
The DSM-IV-TR criteria for a diagnosis of Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are that the individual has experienced or witnessed an event that involved actual or threatened death or serious injury, or a threat to the physical integrity of self or others, and that their immediate response involved intense fear, helplessness or horror. In the longer […]
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DSM-IV Criteria for Major Depressive Episode
A. Five or more of the symptoms listed below have been present during the same 2-week period and represent a change from previous functioning; at least one of the symptoms is either depressed mood or loss of interest or pleasure. (1) Depressed mood most of the day nearly every day, as indicated either by subjective […]
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