Delirium

1991 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 349-351
Author(s):  
A. S. Henderson
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
Diagnostic Criteria ◽  
American Psychiatric Association ◽  
World Health ◽  
Icd 10 ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Research World

The etymology of delirium is highly expressive: it comes from the Latin de, meaning down or away from, and lira, a furrow or track in the fields; that is, to be off the track. The precise features of the syndrome have been specified in DSM-111-R (American Psychiatric Association, 1987) and in the Draft ICD-10 Diagnostic Criteria for Research (World Health Organization, 1990).

scholarly journals Cognitive–behavioural therapy for body dysmorphic disorder

2001 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Veale
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
American Psychiatric Association ◽  
Body Dysmorphic Disorder ◽  
Behavioural Therapy ◽  
World Health ◽  
Cognitive Behavioural ◽  
Icd 10 ◽  
Dsm Iv ◽  
Health Organization

The DSM–IV classification of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) refers to an individual's preoccupation with an ‘imagined’ defect in his or her appearance or markedly excessive concern with a slight physical anomaly (American Psychiatric Association, 1994). An Italian psychiatrist, Morselli, first used the term ‘dysmorphophobia’ in 1886, although it is now falling into disuse, probably because ICD–10 (World Health Organization, 1992) has discarded it, subsuming the condition under hypochondriacal disorder.

The Classification of the Depressions

1989 ◽  
Vol 155 (4) ◽  
pp. 437-443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Farmer ◽  
Peter McGuffin
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
Affective Disorder ◽  
American Psychiatric Association ◽  
Social Research ◽  
World Health ◽  
Icd 10 ◽  
Health Organization

It is 13 years since Kendell (1976) reviewed the ‘contemporary confusion’ surrounding the classification of depression. Reconsideration of this issue is now timely, especially in light of the development of the new classifications of affective disorder included in DSM–III (American Psychiatric Association, 1980), the revised version, DSM–III–R (American Psychiatric Association, 1987), and the forthcoming ICD–10 (World Health Organization, 1988). Recent activities in neurobiological, genetic and social research also bear importantly on our concepts of the aetiology of depression.

scholarly journals Vascular dementia as a frontal subcortical system dysfunction

2000 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 997-1003 ◽  
Author(s):  
JEFFREY C. L. LOOI ◽  
PERMINDER S. SACHDEV
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cerebrovascular Disease ◽  
Vascular Dementia ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Diagnostic Criteria ◽  
American Psychiatric Association ◽  
World Health ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

Vascular dementia (VaD) is the second most common subtype of dementia in Western countries (Desmond, 1996) and, overall, may be the most common subtype of dementia in the world (Henderson, 1994). Furthermore, the recognition of some major risk factors of cerebrovascular disease makes VaD a form of ‘preventable senility’ (Hachinski, 1992). The last decade has seen a major re-evaluation of the concept of VaD (Erkinjuntti & Hachinski, 1993; Hachinski, 1994), with new diagnostic criteria having been proposed (World Health Organization, 1993; American Psychiatric Association, 1994) but without any consensus (Wetterling et al. 1996). Indeed, some investigators have called for the abandonment of the diagnosis of VaD and the adoption of alternative nosology (Hachinski, 1994). It is therefore time to re-examine the concept of VaD and evaluate its distinctive features.

Subcutaneous Panniculitis-like T-Cell Lymphoma: Redefinition of Diagnostic Criteria in the Recent World Health Organization–European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Classification for Cutaneous Lymphomas

2009 ◽  
Vol 133 (2) ◽  
pp. 303-308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zahida Parveen ◽  
Karen Thompson
Keyword(s):  
T Cell ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Diagnostic Criteria ◽  
Cell Lymphoma ◽  
Cancer Classification ◽  
T Cell Lymphoma ◽  
World Health ◽  
European Organization ◽  
Cutaneous Lymphomas ◽  
Health Organization

Abstract Subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma is a primary T-cell lymphoma that preferentially involves the subcutaneous tissue. Although subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma has been recognized as a distinctive entity in the category of peripheral T-cell lymphoma in the World Health Organization classification, its diagnostic criteria has been redefined by the recent World Health Organization–European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer classification for primary cutaneous lymphomas. Subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma is now restricted to primary cutaneous T-cell lymphoma expressing αβ T-cell receptor phenotype. These lymphomas are usually CD3+, CD4−, CD8+, and CD56−, and usually have an indolent clinical course. The clinicopathologic features, differential diagnosis, immunophenotypic characteristics, and molecular features of subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma are presented in light of the recent World Health Organization–European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer classification.

Is Anorexia Nervosa an Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder?

1990 ◽  
Vol 157 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil L. Holden
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Anterior Pituitary ◽  
World Health ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
Icd 10 ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Over Time

Although anorexia nervosa may vary widely in its severity and outcome, it is usually regarded as an illness in its own right, as patients do not display major changes in the form of the illness over time (Russell, 1970). It readily lends itself to being accorded clear-cut diagnostic criteria (Russell, 1977) and this is reflected in ICD–10 (World Health Organization, 1987). However, the nosological independence of anorexia nervosa has undergone vigorous assault since its classic description by William Gull (1874). For example, the psychological nature of anorexia nervosa was obscured for 30 years by Simmond's (1914) description of anterior pituitary lesions and cachexia, and Kay & Leigh's (1954) influential study of anorexia nervosa concluded with their doubts about its status as a ‘psychiatric entity’.

scholarly journals Revision of the classification of mental disorders in ICD–11 and DSM–V: work in progress

2010 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norman Sartorius
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
American Psychiatric Association ◽  
World Health ◽  
Dsm V ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Work Done

SummaryThis editorial summarises the work done to prepare ICD–11 and DSM–V (which should be published in 2015 and 2013 respectively). It gives a brief description of the structures that have been put in place by the World Health Organization and by the American Psychiatric Association and lists the issues and challenges that face the two organisations on their road to the revisions of the classifications. These include dilemmas about the ways of presentation of the revisions (e.g. whether dimensions should be added to categories or even replace them), about different versions of the classifications (e.g. the primary care and research versions), about ways to ensure that the best of evidence as well as experience are taken into account in drafting the revision and many other issues that will have to be resolved in the immediate future.

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