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Diagnosis information
Core diagnostic criteria, specifiers, differential considerations, and documentation support in one open, scan-friendly view.
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Core criterion A
Intoxication: recent sedative/hypnotic/anxiolytic use; Withdrawal: cessation/reduction after prolonged heavy use
Core criterion B
Intoxication: clinically significant maladaptive behavioural/psychological changes + ≥1 of: slurred speech; incoordination; unsteady gait; nystagmus; impaired cognition; stupor/coma; Withdrawal: ≥2 of: autonomic hyperactivity; hand tremor; insomnia; nausea/vomiting; transient hallucinations/illusions; psychomotor agitation; anxiety; generalised tonic-clonic seizures
Core criterion C
Not attributable to another medical condition or better explained by another mental disorder or substance
Consistent with [Sedative/Hypnotic/Anxiolytic Intoxication] [specifier(s)]. Following recent use, there have been clinically significant maladaptive behavioural or psychological changes; impaired judgement; disinhibition; emotional lability; psychomotor retardation; slurred speech; incoordination; unsteady gait; nystagmus; impaired attention or memory; sedation, developing during or shortly after substance exposure. These symptoms have resulted in clinically significant distress or impairment. For withdrawal: following cessation or reduction of prolonged use, there have been autonomic hyperactivity; hand tremor; insomnia; nausea or vomiting; transient visual, tactile, or auditory hallucinations; psychomotor agitation; anxiety; seizures, developing within hours to days.
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