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IMPLICATIONS OF ACCOUNTS OF DISEASE FOR THE D.S.M.
Before examining the implications of accounts of disease for the D.S.M. it will beuseful to review the argument of this chapter so far. In this chapter I have argued that it is neither a sufficient nor a necessary condition for something to be a disease that there be an evolutionary dysfunction. That something is an […]
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DSM diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia
For a diagnosis of schizophrenia to be made, DSM-IV-TR states that two or more of the following symptoms should be present for a signifi cant period of time during a one-month period: delusions hallucinations disorganized speech: frequent derailment or incoherence grossly disorganized or behaviour negative symptoms: catatonic flattened mood, alogia or avolition. Only one of […]
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