Journal article
Classifying neurocognitive disorders: the DSM-5 approach
Nature reviews. Neurology, Vol.10(11), pp.634-642
11/01/2014
DOI: 10.1038/nrneurol.2014.181
PMID: 25266297
Abstract
Neurocognitive disorders--including delirium, mild cognitive impairment and dementia--are characterized by decline from a previously attained level of cognitive functioning. These disorders have diverse clinical characteristics and aetiologies, with Alzheimer disease, cerebrovascular disease, Lewy body disease, frontotemporal degeneration, traumatic brain injury, infections, and alcohol abuse representing common causes. This diversity is reflected by the variety of approaches to classifying these disorders, with separate groups determining criteria for each disorder on the basis of aetiology. As a result, there is now an array of terms to describe cognitive syndromes, various definitions for the same syndrome, and often multiple criteria to determine a specific aetiology. The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) provides a common framework for the diagnosis of neurocognitive disorders, first by describing the main cognitive syndromes, and then defining criteria to delineate specific aetiological subtypes of mild and major neurocognitive disorders. The DSM-5 approach builds on the expectation that clinicians and research groups will welcome a common language to deal with the neurocognitive disorders. As the use of these criteria becomes more widespread, a common international classification for these disorders could emerge for the first time, thus promoting efficient communication among clinicians and researchers.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Classifying neurocognitive disorders: the DSM-5 approach
- Creators
- Perminder S Sachdev - UNSW SydneyDeborah Blacker - Massachusetts General HospitalDan G Blazer - Duke UniversityMary Ganguli - University of PittsburghDilip V Jeste - University of California San DiegoJane S Paulsen - University of IowaRonald C Petersen - Mayo Clinic , 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Nature reviews. Neurology, Vol.10(11), pp.634-642
- DOI
- 10.1038/nrneurol.2014.181
- PMID
- 25266297
- NLM abbreviation
- Nat Rev Neurol
- ISSN
- 1759-4758
- eISSN
- 1759-4766
- Grant note
- K07 AG044395 / NIA NIH HHS R01 MH099987 / NIMH NIH HHS P50 AG005134 / NIA NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/01/2014
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry; Psychological and Brain Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984383315802771
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