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DSM-IV: Proposals for Revision of Diagnostic Criteria for Delirium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2005

Gary J. Tucker
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Abstract

This paper reviews the historical development of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. It presents some of the issues that the clinician has found difficult in applying DSM-III and DSM-III-R criteria for delirium. In addition it introduces some options for DSM-IV criteria for delirium based on several empirical studies. These options should be studied and debated carefully over the next year because in part, they represent radical departures from existing diagnostic criteria for delirium.

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Diagnostic Criteria and Assessment Instruments
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International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , December 1991 , pp. 197 - 208
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© 1991 Springer Publishing Company

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Footnotes

Organic Disorders Work Group, DSM-IV: Gary J. Tucker, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington USA (Chairperson); Michael K. Popkin, MD, Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota USA; Eric D. Caine, MD, Department of Psychiatry, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, New York USA; Marshal F. Folstein, MD, Department of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland USA; Igor Grant, MD. Department of Psychiatry, Veterans Administration Hospital, San Diego, California USA. Major Contributors: Wendy Davis, American Psychiatric Association, Washington, DC USA; Michael First, MD, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, New York USA; Allen J. Frances, MD, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, New York USA; Harold Alan Pincus, MD, Office of Research, American Psychiatric Association, Washington, DC USA; Robert L. Spitzer, MD, Biometric Research, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, New York USA. Manuscript prepared by: Gary J. Tucker, MD.