AA. Prominent anxiety, panic attacks, or obsessions/compulsions directly attributable to physiological effects of another medical condition B. Not better explained by another mental disorder C. Not occurring exclusively during delirium
BA. Disturbance of attention (reduced ability to direct, focus, sustain, shift attention) and awareness (reduced orientation to environment) B. Develops over short period; represents change from baseline; tends to fluctuate during the day C. Additional disturbance in cognition (memory deficit, disorientation, language, visuospatial ability, or perception)
Common specifiers
AWith generalised anxiety; With panic attacks; With obsessive-compulsive symptoms
BHyperactive; Hypoactive; Mixed level of activity; Acute
Differential flags
APrimary anxiety disorder (no GMC causal link); Substance/medication-induced anxiety; Adjustment disorder with anxious mood
BMajor NCD (gradual onset; no fluctuation - delirium superimposed on NCD is common); MDD (no clouded consciousness); Psychotic disorder (gradual onset; consciousness intact)