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

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