Major Diagnostic Categories
•Disorders Usually First Diagnosed in Infancy,
Childhood, or Adolescence, e.g., ADHD
•Substance-related disorders
•Sexual and Gender Identity
•
Disorders
•Schizophrenia
•Mood Disorders
•Anxiety Disorders
•Somatoform Disorders
•Dissociative Disorders
•Sleep Disorders
•Eating Disorders
•Factitious Disorders
•Adjustment Disorders
•Impulse-control Disorders
•Personality Disorders
•Delirium, Dementia, Amnestic,
• and Other Cognitive Disorders
Goals of
Classification
þ Describe a
disorder
þ Predict its future course
þ Imply appropriate treatment
þ Stimulate research into its cause
Classification describes and orders clusters
of symptoms
Diagnostic
& Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
DSM-IV
Slide prepared by Dr. Gordon
Vessels 2005