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NAME | YS-GEN MODIFIER |
HEADER | SPECIFYING CURRENT SEVERITY OF DISORDER |
TEXT | MILD: Few, if any, symptoms in excess of those required to make the diagnosis. Symptoms markedly interfere with occupational functioning or with usual social activities or relationships with others. IN PARTIAL REMISSION OR RESIDUAL STATE: The full criteria for the disorder were previously met, but currently only some of the symptoms or signs of the illness are present. In partial remission should be used when there is expectation that the person will completely recover (or have a complete remission) within the next few years, as, for example, in the case of a diagnosis. Symptoms result in only minor impairment in occuptional Major Depressive Episode. Residual state should be used when the next few years, as, for example, in the case of Autistic Disorder or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. (Residual state should not be used with Schizophrenia, since by tradition there is a specific residual type of Schizophrenia.) In some cases the distinction between in partial remission and residual state will be difficult to make. IN FULL REMISSION: There are no longer any symptoms or signs of the disorder. The differentiation of in full remission from functioning or in usual social activities or relationships with recovered (no current mental disorder) requires consideration of the length of time since the last period of disturbance, and the need for continued evaluation or prophylactic treatment. others. MODERATE: Symptoms or functional impairment between "mild" and "severe". SEVERE: Several symptoms in excess of those required to make the |
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DATE ENTERED | 1993-08-09 15:49:00 |
AUTHOR | POSTMASTER |