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Hallucinogen
Intoxication Symptoms and DSM-IV Diagnosis
Hallucination
Intoxication Symptoms and Diagnosis Overview:
Hallucination
intoxication symptoms and diagnostic criteria follow below. While some of these
hallucinogen intoxication symptoms may be recognized by family, teachers, legal
and medical professionals, and others, only properly trained mental
health professionals (psychologists, psychiatrists, professional counselors
etc.) can or should even attempt to make a mental health diagnosis. Many
additional factors are considered in addition to the hallucinogen intoxication
symptoms in making proper diagnosis, including frequently medical and
psychological testing consideration. This information on hallucinogen
intoxication symptoms and diagnostic criteria are for information purposes only
and should never replace the judgment and comprehensive assessment of a trained
mental health clinician.
Diagnostic
Criteria for Hallucinogen Intoxication
292.89 Hallucinogen Intoxication
A.
Recent use of
hallucinogen.
B.
Clinically significant
maladaptive behavioral or psychological changes (e.g., marked anxiety or
depression, ideas of reference, fear of losing one’s mind, paranoid ideation,
impaired judgment, or impaired social or occupational functioning) that
developed during, or shortly after, hallucinogen use.
C.
Perceptual changes
occurring in a state of full wakefulness and alertness (e.g., subjective
intensification of perceptions, depersonalization, derealization, illusions,
hallucinations, synesthesias) that developed during, or shortly after,
hallucinogen use.
D.
Two (or more) of the
following signs, developing during, or shortly after, hallucinogen use:
(1)
pupillary dilation
(2)
tachycardia
(3)
sweating
(4)
palpitations
(5)
blurring of vision
(6)
tremors
(7)
incoordination
E.
The symptoms are not due to a general medical condition
and are not better accounted for by another mental disorder.
Information
adapted from the
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV
Additional
Information and webpage by
Paul Susic
MA
Licensed Psychologist Ph.D. Candidate
(Health and Geriatric Psychologist)
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