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The diagnosis of schizophrenia, a psychotic disorder, is based on criteria in either the American Psychiatric Association 's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or the World Health Organization 's International Classification of Diseases (ICD). [1] Clinical assessment of schizophrenia is carried out by a mental health ...
Childhood schizophrenia was not directly added to the DSM until 1968, when it was added to the DSM-II, [12] which set forth diagnostic criteria similar to that of adult schizophrenia. [13] " Schizophrenia, childhood type" was a DSM-II diagnosis with diagnostic code 295.8, [ 12 ] equivalent to "schizophrenic reaction, childhood type" (code 000 ...
The ICD criteria are typically used in European countries; the DSM criteria are used predominantly in the United States and Canada, and are prevailing in research studies. In practice, agreement between the two systems is high. [164] The current proposal for the ICD-11 criteria for schizophrenia recommends adding self-disorder as a symptom. [41]
Simple-type schizophrenia is a sub-type of schizophrenia included in the International Classification of Diseases , [1] in which it is classified as a mental and behaviour disorder. [2] It is not included in the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders or the upcoming ICD-11, [3] effective 1 January 2022. [4]
Schizoaffective disorder ( SZA, SZD) is a mental disorder characterized by abnormal thought processes and an unstable mood. [ 4][ 5] This diagnosis requires symptoms of both schizophrenia ( psychosis) and a mood disorder: either bipolar disorder or depression. [ 4][ 5] The main criterion is the presence of psychotic symptoms for at least two ...
Schizophreniform disorder is a mental disorder diagnosed when symptoms of schizophrenia are present for a significant portion of time (at least a month), but signs of disturbance are not present for the full six months required for the diagnosis of schizophrenia. The symptoms of both disorders can include delusions, hallucinations, disorganized ...
Specialty. Neurology, psychiatry. Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures ( PNES ), also referred to as pseudoseizures, non-epileptic attack disorder ( NEAD ), functional seizures, or dissociative seizures, [2] [3] are episodes resembling an epileptic seizure but without the characteristic electrical discharges associated with epilepsy.
Bipolar I disorder (BD-I; pronounced "type one bipolar disorder") is a type of bipolar spectrum disorder characterized by the occurrence of at least one manic episode, with or without mixed or psychotic features. [ 1] Most people also, at other times, have one or more depressive episodes. [ 2] Typically, these manic episodes can last at least 7 ...