四川大学精神病学及精神卫生学英文 Organic Mental Disorders.pdfVIP

Organic Mental Disorder Teaching and Research office Teaching and Research office of Psychiatry, West China of Psychiatry, West China medical school S.U. medical school S.U. P D F c r e a t e d w i t h p d F a c t o r y t r i a l v e r s i o n Definition It has been defined as disorder for which there is an identifiable pathologic condition. Such as brain tumor, cerebrovascular disease. Psychiatric diseases, such as schizophrenia, depression, are considered no organic basis, called functional disorders ”. P D F c r e a t e d w i t h p d F a c t o r y t r i a l v e r s i o n P D F c r e a t e d w i t h p d F a c t o r y t r i a l v e r s i o n But, it is outdated. Every psychiatric disorder has an organic component. No longer used in DSM-IV, substituted by “……due to a general medical condition”. P D F c r e a t e d w i t h p d F a c t o r y t r i a l v e r s i o n due to a general medical condition” Means: a particular psychiatric symptom is probably primarily related to a specific nonpsychiatric disorder which requires its own treatment P D F c r e a t e d w i t h p d F a c t o r y t r i a l v e r s i o n Cognitive disorders: delirium, dementia, amnesic disorders Cognitive impairment is the cardinal symptom P D F c r e a t e d w i t h p d F a c t o r y t r i a l v e r s i o n Delirium P D F c r e a t e d w i t h p d F a c t o r y t r i a l v e r s i o n Delirium