Term
| Personality Change Due to a General Medical Condition |
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Definition
| Diagnostic criteria for Personality Change Due to . . . [Indicate the General Medical Condition] |
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Term
| Personality Change Due to a General Medical Condition Criterion A |
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Definition
| A persistent personality disturbance that represents a change from the individual's previous characteristic personality pattern. (In children, the disturbance involves a marked deviation from normal development or a significant change in the child's usual behavior patterns lasting at least 1 year). |
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Term
| Personality Change Due to a General Medical Condition Criterion B |
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Definition
| There is evidence from the history, physical examination, or laboratory findings that the disturbance is the direct physiological consequence of a general medical condition. |
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Term
| Personality Change Due to a General Medical Condition Criterion C D E |
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Definition
The disturbance is not better accounted for by another mental disorder (including other Mental Disorders Due to a General Medical Condition).
The disturbance does not occur exclusively during the course of a delirium.
The disturbance causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning. |
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Term
| Personality Change Due to a General Medical Condition Labile Type |
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Definition
| if the predominant feature is affective lability |
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| Personality Change Due to a General Medical Condition Disinhibited Type |
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Definition
| if the predominant feature is poor impulse control as evidenced by sexual indiscretions, etc. |
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Term
| Personality Change Due to a General Medical Condition Aggressive Type |
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Definition
| if the predominant feature is aggressive behavior |
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| Personality Change Due to a General Medical Condition Apathetic Type |
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Definition
| if the predominant feature is marked apathy and indifference |
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| Personality Change Due to a General Medical Condition Paranoid Type |
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Definition
| if the predominant feature is suspiciousness or paranoid ideation |
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Term
| Personality Change Due to a General Medical Condition Other Type |
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Definition
| if the presentation is not characterized by any of the above subtypes |
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Term
| Personality Change Due to a General Medical Condition Combined Type |
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Definition
| if more than one feature predominates in the clinical picture |
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