TY  - JOUR
T1  - CHaracterizing organic delusional syndrome-reply
AU  - CORNELIUS JR, DAY NL, FABREGA H, JR, MEZZICH J, CORNELIUS MD, ULRICH RF
Y1  - 1992/12/01
N1  - 10.1001/archpsyc.1992.01820120086015
JO  - Archives of General Psychiatry
SP  - 998
EP  - 998
VL  - 49
IS  - 12
N2  - -We agree with Dr Mc- Kenna that research is begging in the field of organic delusional syndrome (ODS) and for organic brain syndromes in general. We also agree that phenomenologic descriptions of these syndromes based on empirical data are woefully lacking.This lack has crucial implications concerning proposed fundamental changes in the diagnostic classification system for the organic brain syndromes in the upcoming DSM-IV. Specifically, Spitzer et al1 have suggested that diagnostic categories such as ODS should be broken off from the traditional" group of organic brain syndromes (dementia, delirium, and amnestic disorder) to be reclassified in the major diagnostic class with which they share phenomenology. They have also suggested that the term symptomatic replace the term organic for these syndromes. For example, ODS would be grouped with the psychotic disorders in the DSM-IV rather than with the Organic brain syndromes, as is now the case, and would be
SN  - 0003-990X
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.1992.01820120086015
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.1992.01820120086015
ER  -