Delirium and Amnestic and Other Cognitive Disorders
Delirium and Amnestic and Other Cognitive Disorders The psychiatric conditions in this chapter are all caused by medical (organic) pathology. The most common is delirium, but several other specific presentations…
Mood Disorders
Mood Disorders Patients with disorders of mood are common (3% to 5% of the population at any one time) and are seen by all medical specialists. It is essential to…
Psychotic Disorders
Psychotic Disorders Psychosis describes a degree of severity, not a specific disorder. A psychotic patient has a grossly impaired sense of reality, often coupled with emotional and cognitive disabilities, which…
Assessment
Assessment A psychiatric evaluation helps to (a) make a diagnosis, (b) estimate the severity of the patient’s condition, (c) decide on an initial course of action, (d) develop a relationship…
Psychiatric Classification
Psychiatric Classification DSM-IV Psychiatric diagnosis has long been criticized as ambiguous and unreliable. Some diagnoses have been based on subjective, unverifiable, intrapsychic phenomena, whereas others have been heterogeneously broad. Modern…
