Diagnosis of Avoidant Personality Disorder
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Delusional disorders:
Diagnosis
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
For characteristic findings in patients with this condition, see Diagnosing delusional disorders, page 448. In addition, blood and urine tests, psychological tests, and neurologic evaluation can rule out organic causes of the delusions, such as amphetamine-induced psychoses and Alzheimer’s disease. Endocrine function tests rule out hyperadrenalism, pernicious anemia, and thyroid disorders.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Generalized anxiety disorder:
Diagnosis
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
For characteristic findings in patients with this condition, see Diagnosing generalized anxiety disorder.
Laboratory tests must exclude organic causes of the patient’s signs and symptoms, such as hyperthyroidism, pheochromocytoma, coronary artery disease, supraventricular tachycardia, and Ménière’s disease. For example, an electrocardiogram can rule out myocardial ischemia in a patient who complains of chest pain. Blood tests, including complete blood count, white blood cell count and differential, and serum lactate and calcium levels, can rule out hypocalcemia.
Because anxiety is the central feature of other mental disorders, psychiatric evaluation must rule out phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression, and acute schizophrenia.
Behaviors commonly associated with a diagnosis of anxiety may have cultural origins or acceptance. For example, Hispanics may experience “susto,” or a state of anxiety, insomnia, anorexia, and social withdrawal, following a frightening stimulus. Koreans may experience “Hwa-byung” — a state of anxiety and irritability, with various physiologic symptoms, such as headache and palpitations. African-Americans may experience “blockout,” involving collapse, dizziness, and reduced physical movement in time of stress.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Personality disorders:
Diagnosis
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
For characteristic findings in patients with this condition, see Diagnosing personality disorders.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Delusional disorders:
Diagnosis
(Handbook of Diseases)
The DSM-IV-TR describes a characteristic set of behaviors that mark the patient with delusional disorder. (See Diagnosing delusional disorder, page 252.)
In addition, blood and urine tests, psychological tests, and neurologic evaluation can rule out organic causes of the delusions, such as amphetamine-induced psychoses and Alzheimer’s disease. Endocrine function tests rule out hyperadrenalism, pernicious anemia, and thyroid disorders such as “myxedema madness.”
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Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
Personality disorders:
Diagnosis
(Handbook of Diseases)
For characteristic findings in patients with this condition, see Diagnosing personality disorders, pages 626 to 628.
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Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
Anxiety disorder, generalized:
Diagnosis
(Handbook of Diseases)
For characteristic findings in patients with this condition, see Diagnosing generalized anxiety disorder.
In addition, laboratory tests must exclude organic causes of the patient’s signs and symptoms, such as hyperthyroidism, pheochromocytoma, coronary artery disease, supraventricular tachycardia, and Ménière’s disease. For example, an electrocardiogram can rule out myocardial ischemia in a patient who complains of chest pain. Blood tests — including a complete blood count, white blood cell count and differential, and serum lactate and calcium levels — can rule out hypocalcemia.
Because anxiety is the central feature of other mental disorders, psychiatric evaluation must rule out phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorders, depression, and acute schizophrenia.
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Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
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