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4<br />

MENTAL DISORDERS<br />

patient's degree of disturbance is not psychotic at the time of<br />

examination.<br />

Associated Physical Conditions<br />

Many mental disorders, and particularly mental retardation and the<br />

various organic brain syndromes, are reflections of underlying physical<br />

conditions. Whenever these physical conditions are known they should<br />

be indicated with a separate diagnosis in addition to the one that specifies<br />

the mental disorder found. A list of the major categories of physical<br />

disorders included in ICD-8 appears in Section 6 of this Manual.

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