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Delirium or Acute organic brain syndrome is a recently appearing state of mental impairment, as a result of intoxication, drug overdose, infection, pain, and many other physical problems affecting mental status. In medical contexts, "acute" means "of recent onset". As is the case with most acute disease problems, acute organic brain syndrome is ...
t. e. Organic personality disorder (OPD) or secondary personality change, is a condition described in the ICD-10 and ICD-11 respectively. It is characterized by a significant personality change featuring abnormal behavior due to an underlying traumatic brain injury or another pathophysiological medical condition affecting the brain.
Chapter V focuses on "mental and behavioural disorders" and consists of 10 main groups: [12] F0 – F9: Organic, including symptomatic, mental disorders. F10 – F-19: Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of psychoactive substances. F20 – F25: Schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disorders. F30 – F39: Mood [affective] disorders.
1952 edition of the DSM (DSM-I) The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM; latest edition: DSM-5-TR, published in March 2022 [1]) is a publication by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) for the classification of mental disorders using a common language and standard criteria. It is an internationally accepted manual ...
300.82 Undifferentiated somatoform disorder (coded 300.81 in the DSM-IV) 300.11 Conversion disorder. 307.xx Pain disorder. 307.80 Associated with psychological factors. 307.89 Associated with both psychological factors and a general medical condition. 300.7 Hypochondriasis. 300.7 Body dysmorphic disorder.
Personality disorders (PD) are a class of mental health conditions characterized by enduring maladaptive patterns of behavior, cognition, and inner experience, exhibited across many contexts and deviating from those accepted by the individual's culture. [1] These patterns develop early, are inflexible, and are associated with significant ...
Substance abuse, especially long-term abuse, can cause or exacerbate many mental disorders. Alcoholism is linked to depression while abuse of amphetamines and LSD can leave a person feeling paranoid and anxious. Correlations of mental disorders with drug use include cannabis, alcohol, and caffeine.
General paresis, also known as general paralysis of the insane (GPI), paralytic dementia, or syphilitic paresis is a severe neuropsychiatric disorder, classified as an organic mental disorder, and is caused by late-stage syphilis and the chronic meningoencephalitis and cerebral atrophy that are associated with this late stage of the disease when left untreated.