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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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