Organic Mental Disorders

Organic mental disorders are psychological or behavioral abnormalities associated with a dysfunction of the brain. Diagnosis of organic mental disorders requires the demonstration of a loss of specific cognitive abilities and medically documented persistence of at least one of the following symptoms:

  • Disorientation to time and place
  • Memory impairment either short-term, intermediate, or long-term
  • Perceptual or thinking disturbances such as hallucinations or delusions
  • Change in personality
  • Disturbance of mood
  • Emotional instability as shown by explosive temper outbursts or sudden crying and/or impairment of impulse control
  • Loss of intellectual ability of at least 15 I.Q. points or overall impairment index clearly within the severely impaired range on neuropsychological tests such as Luria-Nebraska or Halstead-Reitan

• Up • Affective disorders • Anxiety-related disorders. • Autistic disorders. • Mental retardation disorders. • Organic mental disorders. • Personality disorders. • Schizophrenic, paranoid and other psychotic disorders • Somatoform disorders. • Substance addiction disorders. •


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