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DSM-IV & DSM-IV-TR:

Sleep Disorder Due to General Medical Condition


Diagnostic criteria for 327.xx (780.xx before 10.01.2005) Sleep Disorder Due to...[Indicate the General Medical Condition]
(cautionary statement)  

  A. A prominent disturbance in sleep that is sufficiently severe to warrant independent clinical attention. 

B. There is evidence from the history, physical examination, or laboratory findings that the sleep disturbance is the direct physiological consequence of a general medical condition. 

C. The disturbance is not better accounted for by another mental disorder (e.g., an Adjustment Disorder in which the stressor is a serious medical illness). 

D. The disturbance does not occur exclusively during the course of a delirium. 

E. The disturbance does not meet the criteria for Breathing-Related Sleep Disorder or Narcolepsy. 

F. The sleep disturbance causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning. 

Specify type: 

.01 (.52 before 10.01.2005) Insomnia Type: if the predominant sleep disturbance is insomnia 
.14  (.54 before 10.01.2005) Hypersomnia Type: if the predominant sleep disturbance is hypersomnia 
.44   (.59 before 10.01.2005) Parasomnia Type: if the predominant sleep disturbance is a Parasomnia
.8 (.59 before 10.01.2005) Mixed Type: if more than one sleep disturbance is present and none predominates 

Coding note: Include the name of the general medical condition on Axis I, e.g., 780.52 Sleep Disorder Due to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Insomnia Type; also code the general medical condition on Axis III.

Reprinted with permission from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth Edition. Copyright 1994 American Psychiatric Association

 


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