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e. In medicine and medical anthropology, a culture-bound syndrome, culture-specific syndrome, or folk illness is a combination of psychiatric and somatic symptoms that are considered to be a recognizable disease only within a specific society or culture. There are no objective biochemical or structural alterations of body organs or functions ...
Schizoaffective disorder is defined by mood disorder-free psychosis in the context of a long-term psychotic and mood disorder. [5] Psychosis must meet criterion A for schizophrenia which may include delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech and behavior and negative symptoms. [5] Both delusions and hallucinations are classic symptoms of ...
Schizotypal personality disorder (StPD or SPD), also known as schizotypal disorder, is a cluster A personality disorder. [4] [5] The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) classification describes the disorder specifically as a personality disorder characterized by thought disorder, paranoia, a characteristic form of social anxiety, derealization, transient psychosis, and ...
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.
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.
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 ...
The ICD-9 simple-type schizophrenia description: A psychosis in which there is insidious development of oddities of conduct, inability to meet the demands of society, and decline in total performance. Delusions and hallucinations are not in evidence and the condition is less obviously psychotic than are the hebephrenic, catatonic and paranoid ...
Post-traumatic stress disorder ( PTSD) [ b] is a mental and behavioral disorder [ 8] that develops from experiencing a traumatic event, such as sexual assault, warfare, traffic collisions, child abuse, domestic violence, or other threats on a person's life or well-being. [ 1][ 9] Symptoms may include disturbing thoughts, feelings, or dreams ...