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According to DSM-IV, PTSD occurs after a traumatic event in which the person experienced, witnessed, or was confronted with an event or events that involved actual or threatened death or serious injury, or a threat to the physical integrity of self or others. ...
There is quite a bit of controversy about it, but it looks as if Asperger’s Disorder will only be around for a couple more years. This diagnosis will probably get the axe in the upcomingDSM-V,when it arrives, subsumed into the so-called Autism Spectrum. It will be interesting to watch...
As the IOM panel’s proposed case definition and suggested term have not undergone field testing and evaluation; as the SEID term has not been adopted by US federal agencies; and as NCHS-CDC has made no decision to assign a code for SEID in the US ICD-10-CM for medical billing and rei...
In terms of using theDSM, we need to become more willing to use the V71.09 code, which means, essentially, “No diagnosis or condition.” Many psychiatrists don’t even know this code exists. Instead,we give “NOS” diagnoses(“not otherwise specified”) or “rule-outs,” which eventually...
TheSomatoform Disorderssection ofDSM-IVhas been dismantled and four rarely used disorders replaced forDSM-5by a single new diagnosis,‘Somatic Symptom Disorder’(SSD). From May, everyone with chronic medical illness or long-term pain becomes a potential candidate for this new mental disorder label...
Others did not use V-Codes because they were viewed as being pathologically weighted. Still others did not use V-Codes because they diagnosed only for insurance purposes. Even among those respondents (11%) who purported to use V62.89 in their diagnosis, the fact that V-Codes are not ...
T2D and/or obesity associated polymorphic alleles, genes and loci disclosed in this invention provide the basis for improved risk assessment, diagnosis and prognosis of T2D or a T2D related condition, and for the development of novel therapies to prevent and treat T2D or a T2D related condition....
16.A method for the treatment of a disorder connected to reduced neurotransmission in animals, said method comprising: (a) identifying a subject in need of an antidepressant, a mood/vitality improver, a stress reliever, a condition improver, a reducer of anxiety, a reducer of obsessive-compulsiv...
Criterion A in autism spectrum disorder was changed from "as manifested by the following" to "as manifested by all of the following" to indicate that all symptoms must be present for this diagnosis. "Social phobia," which appeared next tosocial anxiety disorder, was removed. ...