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Psychosis is a condition of the mind or psyche that results in difficulties determining what is real and what is not real. [3] Symptoms may include delusions and hallucinations, among other features. [3] Additional symptoms are disorganized thinking and incoherent speech and behavior that is inappropriate for a given situation. [3]
In medicine, not otherwise specified (NOS) is a subcategory in systems of disease/disorder classification such as ICD-9, ICD-10, or DSM-IV. It is generally used to note the presence of an illness where the symptoms presented were sufficient to make a general diagnosis , but where a specific diagnosis was not made.
.43 Severe without psychotic features.44 Severe with psychotic features.40 Unspecified.6x Bipolar I disorder, most recent episode mixed.66 In full remission.65 In partial remission.61 Mild.62 Moderate.63 Severe without psychotic features.64 Severe with psychotic features.60 Unspecified.7 Bipolar I disorder, most recent episode unspecified
298.4 Psychogenic paranoid psychosis (Include: protracted reactive paranoid psychosis) 298.8 Other and unspecified reactive psychosis (Include: hysterical psychosis, psychogenic stupor, psychogenic psychosis NOS) 298.9 Unspecified psychosis (Include: psychosis NOS) 299 Psychoses with origin specific to childhood
Personality disorder not otherwise specified (PD-NOS) is a subclinical [a] diagnostic classification for some DSM-IV Axis II personality disorders not listed in DSM-IV. [1] The DSM-5 does not have a direct equivalent to PD-NOS. However, the DSM-5 other specified personality disorder and unspecified personality disorder are substantially ...
Ganser syndrome is described as a dissociative disorder not otherwise specified (DDNOS) in the DSM-IV, and is not currently listed in the DSM-5. It is a rare and an often overlooked clinical phenomenon. In most cases, it is preceded by extreme stress and followed by amnesia for the period of psychosis. [4]
A woman accused of killing her three children has put a spotlight on a rare condition that advocates say is shrouded in shame, often preventing treatment.
Schizophreniform disorder is a type of mental illness that is characterized by psychosis and closely related to schizophrenia.Both schizophrenia and schizophreniform disorder, as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR), have the same symptoms and essential features except for two differences: the level of functional impairment and the duration of symptoms.