From parent levels
ChapterVMental and behavioural disordersinc.exc.Open
Inclusions
- disorders of psychological development
Exclusions
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
BlockF20-F29Schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disordersdef.Open
This block brings together schizophrenia, as the most important member of the group, schizotypal disorder, persistent delusional disorders, and a larger group of acute and transient psychotic disorders. Schizoaffective disorders have been retained here in spite of their controversial nature.
Induced delusional disorder
A delusional disorder shared by two or more people with close emotional links. Only one of the people suffers from a genuine psychotic disorder; the delusions are induced in the other(s) and usually disappear when the people are separated.
Inclusions
- Folie à deux
- Induced: paranoid disorder
- Induced: psychotic disorder