DSM-IV Diagnostic Criteria of Mental Disorders

Introduction:

Diagnostic Criteria for the most common mental disorders including: description, diagnosis, treatment, and research findings. This list is a shortened version (incomplete) of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - Fourth Edition (DSM-IV), published by the American Psychiatric Association, Washington D.C., the main diagnostic reference of Mental Health professionals in the United States of America.

• Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (Primarily Inattentive or Impulsive Type)
• Conduct Disorder (the Antisocial Personality Disorder of Childhood)
• Oppositional Defiant Disorder (not only for children)
• Tourette's Disorder (senso-motoric disturbance with involuntary sounds and movements--so-called tics--with onset before age 18)
• Autistic Disorder (marked impairment in social interactions with onset before age 18)

• Brief Psychotic Disorder (episode of disturbed thought processes)
• Delusional Disorder (clear, systemic delusions based in reality as opposed to schizophrenia with bizarre delusions)
• Schizoaffective Disorder (hybrid of a disturbance in thought and mood, displaying symptoms of schizophrenia AND e.g depression at the same time)
• Schizophrenia (severe disturbance --psychotic--of thought processes, with several subtypes: e.g. catatonic, paranoid or disorganized type)
• Schizophreniform Disorder (brief--less than6 months--form of schizophrenia)
• Shared Psychotic Disorder (especially in relationships, partner showing same symptoms, e.g. buying into the belief of being abducted by aliens)

• Delirium (main features are disorientation, confusion and reduced level of consciousness)
• Dementia (impairment in cognitive functioning as e.g. orientation, judgement, or memory; Alzheimer's syndromes)
• Multi-infarct Dementia (same as Dementia but with evidence of multiple strokes or TIAs)

• Bipolar I Disorder (mania with/without major depression)
• Bipolar II Disorder (hypomania with major depression)
• Cyclothymic Disorder (numerous brief episodes of hypomania and minor depression)
• Dysthymic Disorder (prolonged minor depression without mania/hypomania)
• Major Depressive Disorder (major depression without mania)

Anxiety Related Disorders

• Acute Stress Disorder (acute psychological consequences of previous trauma)
• Adjustment Disorder (difficulties coping with change)
• Agoraphobia (generalized irrational fear)
• Generalized Anxiety Disorder (nonspecific anxiety)
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (obessive thoughts and compulsive rituals)
• Panic Disorder (unprovoked panic attacks)
• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (nonacute psychological consequences of previous trauma)
• Separation Anxiety Disorder
• Social Phobia (irrational fear of embarrassment)
• Specific Phobia (other specific irrational fears)

• Anorexia Nervosa (self-imposed starvation)
• Bulimia Nervosa (binge eating and dieting)

Substance Use Disorders

• Alcohol Dependence (alcoholism)
• Amphetamine Dependence (stimulants, speed, uppers, diet pills)
• Cannabis Dependence (marijuana, grass, pot, weed, reefer, hashish, bhang, ganja)
• Cocaine Dependence (coke, crack, coca leaves)
• Hallucinogen Dependence (psychedelics, LSD, mescaline, peyote, psilocybin, DMT)
• Inhalant Dependence (sniffing: glue, gasoline, toluene, solvents)
• Opioid Dependence (heroin, methadone, morphine, demerol, percodan, opium, codeine, darvon)
• Phencyclidine Dependence (PCP, angel dust)
• Sedative Dependence (sleeping pills, barbiturates, seconal, valium, librium, ativan, xanax, quaaludes)

• Antisocial Personality Disorder (impulsive, aggressive, manipulative)
• Avoidant Personality Disorder (passive, anxious)
• Borderline Personality Disorder (impulsive, self-destructive, unstable)
• Dependent Personality Disorder (dependent, submissive, clinging)
• Histrionic Personality Disorder (emotional, dramatic, theatrical)
• Narcissistic Personality Disorder (boastful, egotistical, "superiority complex")
• Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (perfectionistic, rigid, controlling)
• Paranoid Personality Disorder (suspicious, distrustful)
• Schizoid Personality Disorder (socially distant, detached)
• Schizotypal Personality Disorder (odd, eccentric)

• Dissociative Disorders (Dissociative Identity Disorder = Multiple Personality Disorder; probably anxiety related disorders)
• Somatoform Disorders (Interrelation between physical and psychological Symptoms)
• Factitious Disorders (Feigning Illness, Malingering "Muenchhausen Syndrome etc."
• Sexual Disorders (Sexual Dysfunctions and Paraphilias)
• Sleep Disorders (Sleep Apnea, Sonambulism etc.)