Please find below a list of disorders related to the diagnostic category, Delirium, Dementia, Amnestic, and Other Cognitive Disorders. The Neurocognitive Disorders Work Group has been responsible for addressing these disorders. Among the Work Group’s proposals is the recommendation that the category be divided into three broad syndromes: Delirium, Major Neurocognitive Disorder, and Minor Neurocognitive Disorder. The Neurocognitive Disorders Work Group has posted the draft criteria for the Alzheimer Disease Subtype as an illustration of how they propose to organize other subtypes. They are inviting comment on the general approach. Work on other subtypes is currently in progress, and the Work Group is in consultation with various expert groups that work in those areas (e.g. vascular cognitive impairment and dementia, frontotemporal lobar degeneration, dementia with Lewy bodies, Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease, traumatic brain injury, etc.). Please see the Neurocognitive Disorders Proposal for DSM-5 for more information on the proposed structure. This proposal is still under deliberation. Members also continue to work closely with the Neurodevelopment Disorders Work Group and other work groups to discuss cognitive issues relevant to other diagnoses. The Neurocognitive Disorders Work Group is presenting the draft proposal on diagnostic criteria for neurocognitive disorders primarily for the purpose of seeking feedback from the field and consumer and family groups. While they welcome comments and suggestions on any and all aspects of the proposal, they are particularly interested in obtaining input regarding the following issues:
1) Removing the term “Dementia” and adding “Major Neurocognitive Disorders”,
2) Adding a category of “Minor Neurocognitive Disorders”,
3) Categorizing behavioral disturbances, particularly the syndromes of psychosis and depression, associated with Neurocognitive Disorders, and
4) Selecting specific domains as well as measures of severity of cognitive functional impairment