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| Amnestic Disorder Due to a General Medical Condition Criterion B |
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Definition
| The memory disturbance causes significant impairment in social or occupational functioning and represents a significant decline from a previous level of functioning. |
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| Amnestic Disorder Due to a General Medical Condition Criterion A |
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Definition
| The development of memory impairment as manifested by impairment in the ability to learn new information or the inability to recall previously learned information. |
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| Amnestic Disorder Due to a General Medical Condition Criterion C |
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Definition
| The memory disturbance does not occur exclusively during the course of a delirium or a dementia. |
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| Amnestic Disorder Due to a General Medical Condition Criterion D |
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Definition
| There is evidence from the history, physical examination, or laboratory findings that the disturbance is the direct physiological consequence of a general medical condition (including physical trauma). |
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| Amnestic Disorder Due to a General Medical Condition Specify Transient |
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Definition
| if memory impairment lasts for 1 month or less |
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| Amnestic Disorder Due to a General Medical Condition Specify Chronic |
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Definition
| if memory impairment lasts for more than 1 month |
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| Substance-Induced Persisting Amnestic Disorder Criterion A |
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Definition
| The development of memory impairment as manifested by impairment in the ability to learn new information or the inability to recall previously learned information. |
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| Substance-Induced Persisting Amnestic Disorder Criterion B & C |
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Definition
The memory disturbance causes significant impairment in social or occupational functioning and represents a significant decline from a previous level of functioning.
The memory disturbance does not occur exclusively during the course of a delirium or a dementia and persists beyond the usual duration of Substance Intoxication or Withdrawal. |
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| Substance-Induced Persisting Amnestic Disorder Criterion D |
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Definition
| There is evidence from the history, physical examination, or laboratory findings that the memory disturbance is etiologically related to the persisting effects of substance use (e.g., a drug of abuse, a medication). |
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| Difference between Amnestic Disorder and Delirium and Dementia |
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Definition
| Memory impairment is also a feature of delirium and dementia. In delirium, memory dysfunction occurs in association with impaired consciousness, with reduced ability to focus, sustain, or shift attention. In dementia, memory impairment must be accompanied by multiple cognitive deficits (i.e., aphasia, apraxia, agnosia, or a disturbance in executive functioning) that lead to clinically significant impairment. |
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Definition
| is characterized by a disturbance of consciousness and a change in cognition that develop over a short period of time. The disorders included in the "Delirium" section are listed according to presumed etiology: Delirium Due to a General Medical Condition, Substance-Induced Delirium (i.e., due to a drug of abuse, a medication, or toxin exposure), Delirium Due to Multiple Etiologies, or Delirium Not Otherwise Specified (if the etiology is indeterminate). |
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Definition
| is characterized by multiple cognitive deficits that include impairment in memory. The dementias are also listed according to presumed etiology: Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type, Vascular Dementia, Dementia Due to Other General Medical Conditions (e.g., human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease, head trauma, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease), Substance-Induced Persisting Dementia (i.e., due to a drug of abuse, a medication, or toxin exposure), Dementia Due to Multiple Etiologies, or Dementia Not Otherwise Specified (if the etiology is indeterminate). |
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Definition
| is characterized by memory impairment in the absence of other significant accompanying cognitive impairments. The disorders in the "Amnestic Disorders" section also are listed according to presumed etiology: Amnestic Disorder Due to a General Medical Condition, Substance-Induced Persisting Amnestic Disorder, or Amnestic Disorder Not Otherwise Specified. |
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