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DSM-IV & DSM-IV-TR:Dementia

Although classified as mental disorders because they involve deterioration in mental, behavioral, and emotional functioning, all these brain disorders are probably caused by physical disease, trauma or drug effect and are classified according to the underlying disease state.

Categories by localization: amnestic (Persisting Amnestic Disorder) | cortical (Alzheimer's) | frontal |subcortical (Parkinson's Disease)

Categories by etiology: Alzheimer's| Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease | Head Trauma | Huntington's Disease | HIV Disease | Parkinson's Disease| Pick's Disease | Substance-Induced Persisting | Vascular | Dementia Due to Other General Medical Conditions| Dementia Due to Multiple Etiologies

Based on the Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition APA

Also: BPSD

The online Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders lists most of the major psychological disorders and illnesses and lists the criteria that must be fulfilled in order for a diagnosis to be made. This resource is not a substitute for proper professional psychiatric diagnosis.