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In psychology and psychiatry, there is an ongoing debate about whether pathological lying should be classified as a distinct disorder or viewed as a symptom of other underlying conditions. [3] [4] The lack of a widely agreed-upon description or diagnostic criteria for pathological lying has contributed to the controversy surrounding its definition.
Conditions that are not widely recognized, about which there is an ongoing debate within the scientific and medical literature. Functional disorders are a set of conditions that cannot be explained by structural or biochemical abnormalities. [3] These raise challenges around diagnosis and treatment, with debate around whether they are psychogenic.
ICD-10 is the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), a medical classification list by the World Health Organization (WHO). It contains codes for diseases, signs and symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances, and external causes of injury or diseases. [1]
312.81 Childhood onset: At least one of the Diagnostic Criteria needs to be met for Conduct Disorder before age 10. 312.82 Adolescent onset: The absence of any criteria characteristic of Conduct Disorder before the age of 10. 312.89 Unspecified onset: The age of onset is unknown. 313.81 Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Using an array of neurological scans and exams, psychological evaluations, family medical history, and observing the child in daily factors can help the physician find the etiology of the psychopathological disorder to help release the child of the symptoms through therapy, medication use, social skills training, and life style changes. [10]
Personality change due to another medical condition – personality disturbance due to the direct effects of a medical condition; Other specified personality disorder – disorder which meets the general criteria for a personality disorder but fails to meet the criteria for a specific disorder, with the reason given
Definition Stupidity is a quality or state of being stupid, or an act or idea that exhibits properties of being stupid. [ 4 ] In a character study of "The Stupid Man" attributed to the Greek philosopher Theophrastus (c. 371 – c. 287 BC), stupidity was defined as "mental slowness in speech or action".
Pathological demand avoidance (PDA), or extreme demand avoidance (EDA), is a proposed mental disorder characterized by greater-than-typical refusal to comply with requests or expectations—demand avoidance—and extreme efforts to avoid social demands. [1]