Transcript DSM-IV
Schizoaffective Disorder
Exhibit 2 or more symptoms during a month
Delusions*
Hallucinations*
Incoherent, derailed, and disorganized
speech
Severely disorganized or catatonic behavior
Symptoms of depression or Manic episodes
Delusional Disorder
Criterion A for Schizophrenia never met
Nonbizarre delusions for at least 1 month
Functioning not obviously impaired
If mood disturbances occur, their total
duration is brief relative to the duration of
the delusional symptoms
Not due to substance or GMC
Delusional D/O vs.
Schizophrenia
Later age of onset
Associated with family traits (including
suspiciousness, jealousy, and secretiveness)
as opposed to history of psychotic sxs.
Frequently re-diagnosed as Schizophrenia
Hallucinations are present, but rare
Brief Psychotic Disorder
Psychotic for at least a day and then return
to baseline
At least one symptom (delusions,
hallucinations, disorganized speech
Not due to mood disorder, Schizophrenia or
Schizoaffective Disorder
Shared Psychotic Disorder
Someone closely associated with a
delusional person also develops a delusion
Content of delusion similar to that of the 1st
person’s delusion
Not explained by other Psychotic disorders
or GMC
Psychotic Disorder NOS
Charles Bonnet syndrome
Postpartum psychosis
Auditory hallucinations
Dissociative Amnesia
• One or more episodes of an inability
to recall important personal
information that cannot be
attributed to ordinary forgetfulness.
• Usually related to gaps in memories
related to traumatic events
• A chronic, yet reversible amnesia
Dissociative Fugue
• Abrupt, unexpected travel away from
home or work with an inability to recall
some or all of one’s past.
• Individuals exhibit confusion about his/her
personal identity or a partial or total
assumption of new identity.
• May seem “normal” during the fugue, but
following recovery, the person may not
recall events that took place during the
fugue
• Very rare and occurs most during wartime
or following a natural disaster
Dissociative Identity Disorder*
• Existence in one individual of two or more
distinct identities or personality states that
each has its own pattern of perceiving,
relating to, and thinking about the
environment and self.
• At least 2 of the personalities take control
of the person’s behavior in sequence, with
gaps in recent & past memories for
personal information.
• Personalities are typically unique and
change abruptly occasionally triggered by
stress or external cues.
Depersonalization
Disorder
• One or more episodes of
depersonalization, which
involves a feeling of
detachment or estrangement
from oneself.
• Reality testing is intact
• Symptoms are severe enough to
cause significant distress or
functional impairment
Dissociative Disorders NOS
• Derealization without
depersonalization
• Brainwashing
• Coma/Loss of consciousness
• Ganser’s Syndrome
• Dissociative Trance Disorder
Impulse Disorders
Intermittent Explosive
Disorder
• Several occasions of losing
control of aggressive impulses,
leading to serious assault or
property destruction
• Aggression is markedly out of
proportion to the seriousness of
any social or psychological
stressors
• Not due to PDO or GMC
Kleptomania
• A repeated pattern of an
irresistible impulse to steal
unneeded objects.
• Produces a buildup of tension and
“release” once action is performed
• Thefts are not committed out of
anger, revenge, or in response to
hallucination or delusions
• Not better explained by APDO,
Conduct DO or Manic Episode
Pyromania
• A repeated and irresistible urge
to set or be attracted to fires
• Produces a buildup of tension
and “release” once action is
performed
• Not better explained by APDO,
Conduct D/O, or Manic Episode
Trichotillomania
• Recurrent failure to resist
pulling out one’s own hair.
• Produces a buildup of tension
and “release” once action is
performed
Pathological Gambling
• Repeated gambling (and
associated activities) usually to
the point of losing money, job,
and friends.
• Produces buildup of tension and
“release” once action is
performed