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The DSM-IV superseded the DSM-III-R (1987) and was later updated with the DSM-IV-TR (Text Revision) in July 2000. [2] Similar to its predecessor, the DSM-III-R, the DSM-IV-TR aimed to bridge the gap between the DSM-IV and the subsequent major release, initially referred to as DSM-V (later titled DSM-5). [3]
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 the main book for the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders ...
Personality disorders. Narcissistic personality disorder ( NPD) is a personality disorder characterized by a life-long pattern of exaggerated feelings of self-importance, an excessive need for admiration, and a diminished ability to empathize with other people's feelings. Narcissistic personality disorder is one of the sub-types of the broader ...
This is an alphabetically sorted list of all mental disorders in the DSM-IV and DSM-IV-TR, along with their ICD-9-CM codes, where applicable. The DSM-IV-TR is a text revision of the DSM-IV. [1] While no new disorders were added in this version, 11 subtypes were added and 8 were removed. This list features both the added and removed subtypes.
Bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder is characterized by episodes of depression and hypomania or mania. Bipolar disorder, previously known as manic depression, is a mental disorder characterized by periods of depression and periods of abnormally elevated mood that each last from days to weeks. [ 4][ 5] If the elevated mood is severe or associated ...
The DSM also states that "there is no assumption that each category of mental disorder is a completely discrete entity with absolute boundaries dividing it from other mental disorders or no mental disorders." The DSM-IV-TR (Text Revision, 2000) consisted of five axes (domains) on which disorder could be assessed. The five axes were:
A pengamuk ( lit. 'one who runs amok') in Batavia, Java, c. 1858–1861. A group of people pursue to catch or kill him. Amok syndrome is an aggressive dissociative behavioral pattern derived from Indonesia and Malaysia that led to the English phrase running amok. [ 1] The word derives from the Malay word amuk, traditionally meaning "rushing in ...
Treatment. Cognitive behavioral therapy, chemical castration. Pedophilia ( alternatively spelled paedophilia) is a psychiatric disorder in which an adult or older adolescent experiences a primary or exclusive sexual attraction to prepubescent children. [ 1][ 2]: vii Although girls typically begin the process of puberty at age 10 or 11, and boys ...