Mental Disorders Due to a General Medical Condition

The mental disorders included in DSM-IV are divided into three categories: Disorders Due to a General Medical Condition: ___________ Disorders; and ___________ Mental Disorders

Disorders Due to a General Medical Condition share three diagnostic criteria; First there must be evidence that the condition is the direct ______________ of a general medical condition. Second, the disorder is not better accounted for by another diagnosis. Third, the disturbance does not occur only during an episode of ______________.

________________ Disorder Due to a General Medical Condition involves symptoms such as motor immobility or extreme motor activity, negativism, mutism and / or echopraxia.

________________ Due to a General Medical Condition involves a marked change in the person's characteristic personality.