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Diagnostic criteria for 292.89 Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder (Flashbacks)

These criteria are obsolete.

DSM Criteria (Paragraphs)
DSM Version
DSM IV - TR
DSM Criteria

A. The reexperiencing, following cessation of use of a hallucinogen, of one or more of the perceptual symptoms that were experienced while intoxicated with the hallucinogen (e.g., geometric hallucinations, false perceptions of movement in the peripheral visual fields, flashes of color, intensified colors, trails of images of moving objects, positive afterimages, halos around objects, macropsia, and micropsia). 

B. The symptoms in Criterion A cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning. 

C. The symptoms are not due to a general medical condition (e.g., anatomical lesions and infections of the brain, visual epilepsies) and are not better accounted for by another mental disorder (e.g., DeliriumDementia,Schizophrenia) or hypnopompic hallucinations.

Reprinted with permission from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision. Copyright 2000 American Psychiatric Association

DSM Version
DSM IV
DSM Criteria

A. The reexperiencing, following cessation of use of a hallucinogen, of one or more of the perceptual symptoms that were experienced while intoxicated with the hallucinogen (e.g., geometric hallucinations, false perceptions of movement in the peripheral visual fields, flashes of color, intensified colors, trails of images of moving objects, positive afterimages, halos around objects, macropsia, and micropsia). 

B. The symptoms in Criterion A cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning. 

C. The symptoms are not due to a general medical condition (e.g., anatomical lesions and infections of the brain, visual epilepsies) and are not better accounted for by another mental disorder (e.g., DeliriumDementia,Schizophrenia) or hypnopompic hallucinations.

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