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Miscellaneous Disorders
Table 9-1 lists the categories of disorders discussed in this chapter.
Key points
- Miscellaneous disorders does not refer to any official Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition (DSM-IV) classification but rather to psychiatric diagnoses not covered elsewhere in this book.
- Generally, these diagnoses are either less common, less understood, or less frequently the focus of psychiatric practice than the disorders previously covered.
- In dissociative amnesia, an individual develops a temporary inability to recall important personal information.
- Somatization disorder is diagnosed when an individual has multiple medical complaints that are not the result of medical illness.
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Miscellaneous disorders does not refer to any official Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition (DSM-IV) classification but rather to psychiatric diagnoses not covered elsewhere in this book.
Generally, these diagnoses are either less common, less understood, or less frequently the focus of psychiatric practice than the disorders previously covered.
Although many of these disorders are not uncommon, they seldom come to psychiatric attention for a variety of reasons (e.g., they may be treated by other medical specialists, patients may not mention them, or they may not be detected adequately). Table 9-1 lists the categories of disorders discussed in this chapter.
- Dissociative Disorders
- Dissociative Identity Disorder
- Dissociative Fugue
- Dissociative Amnesia
- Depersonalization Disorder
