DSM - IV TR

   

 

The DSM-IV TR waspublished by the American Psychiatric Association and provides diagnostic criteria for mental disorders. It is used in the United States and in varying degrees around the world, by clinicians, researchers, psychiatric drug regulation agencies, health insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies and policy makers.

The DSM has attracted controversy and criticism as well as praise. There have been five revisions since it was first published in 1952, gradually including more disorders, though some have been removed and are no longer considered to be mental disorders. It initially evolved out of systems for collecting census and psychiatric hospital statistics, and from a manual developed by the US Army. The last major revision was the fourth edition ("DSM-IV"), published in 1994, although a "text revision" was produced in 2000. The fifth edition ("DSM-V") is currently in consultation, planning and preparation, due for publication in May 2012.An early draft will be released for comment in 2009. The mental disorders section of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) is another commonly-used guide, used more often in Europe and other parts of the world. The coding system used in the DSM-IV is designed to correspond with the codes used in the ICD, although not all codes may match at all times because the two publications are not revised synchronously.

 

The DSM-IV organizes each psychiatric diagnosis into five levels (axes) relating to different aspects of disorder or disability:

 

Disorders usually first diagnosed in infancy, childhood, or adolescence

 

Mental retardation

 

Learning disorders

 

Motor skills disorders

 

Communication disorders

 

Pervasive developmental disorders

 

Attention-deficit and disruptive behavior disorders

 

Feeding and eating disorders of infancy or early childhood

 

Tic disorders

 

Elimination disorders

 

Other disorders of infancy, childhood, or adolescence

 

Delirium, dementia, and amnestic and other cognitive disorders

 

Delirium

 

Dementia

 

Amnestic disorders

 

Other cognitive disorders

 

Mental disorders due to a general medical condition not elsewhere classified

 

Substance-related disorders

 

Alcohol-related disorders

 

Amphetamine (or amphetamine-like) related disorders

 

Caffeine-related disorders

 

Cannabis-related disorders

 

Cocaine-related disorders

 

Hallucinogen-related disorders

 

Inhalant-related disorders

 

Nicotine-related disorders

 

Opioid-related disorders

 

Phencyclidine (or phencyclidine-like) related disorders

 

Sedative-, hypnotic-, or anxiolytic-related disorders

 

Polysubstance-related disorder

 

Other (or unknown) substance-related disorder

Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders

 

Mood disorders

 

Depressive disorders

 

Bipolar disorders

 

Anxiety disorders

 

Somatoform disorders

 

Factitious disorders

 

Dissociative disorders

 

Sexual and gender identity disorder

 

Sexual dysfunctions

 

Paraphilias

 

Gender identity disorders

 

Eating disorders

 

Sleep disorders

Primary sleep disorders

 

Parasomnias

 

Other sleep disorders

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Impulse-control disorders not elsewhere classified

 

Adjustment disorders

 

Personality disorders

Cluster A (odd or eccentric)

Cluster B (dramatic, emotional, or erratic)

Cluster C (anxious or fearful)

NOS

 

Additional codes

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