A diagnostic system for organic brain disorders: Critique and suggestion
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Springer Nature in Psychiatric Quarterly
- Vol. 49 (3) , 173-186
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01115313
Abstract
Organic brain disorders (OBD) are among the most complex psychiatric diagnostic problems. A critique of the American Psychiatric Association'sDiagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM II) and the proposed DSM III suggests that the diagnostic outline for organic brain disorders contained in these publications (Organic Brain Syndromes in the DSM II; Organic Mental Syndromes in the proposed DSM III) is inadequate to describe the potential range of organic-based behavioral disorders and their possible organic etiologies. A new diagnostic system is proposed, with examples of its use, which should fit in with the DSM II and the proposed DSM III and be flexible enough to overcome the problems of the present diagnostic system.Keywords
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