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Organic Mental Disorders—An American Perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Z. J. Lipowski
Z. J. Lipowski*
Affiliation:
The Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, 250, College Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada MST 1R8
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Summary

The new American psychiatric classification (DSM–III) features a radically new approach to organic mental disorders. The concept of organicity has been liberalised to allow inclusion of psychiatric correlates of cerebral disorders which not only fail to involve cognitive impairment but in some cases also resemble affective, paranoid, and schizophrenic disorders. The highlights, and implications of the new approach are discussed.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 144 , Issue 5 , May 1984 , pp. 542 - 546
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Copyright © 1984 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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