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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Impact of the DSM-IV to DSM-5 Changes on the National Survey on Drug Use and Health [Internet]. Rockville (MD): Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (US); 2016 Jun.
| DSM-5: Excoriation (skin picking) disorder |
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| Disorder Class: Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders |
| Recurrent skin picking resulting in skin lesions |
| Repeated attempts to decrease or stop skin picking |
| The skin picking causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning |
| The skin picking is not attributable to the physiological effects of a substance (e.g., cocaine) or another medical condition (e.g., scabies) |
| The skin picking is not better explained by symptoms of another mental disorder (e.g., delusions or tactile hallucinations in a psychotic disorder, attempts to improve a perceived defect or flaw in body dysmorphic disorder, stereotypies in stereotypic movement disorder, or intention to harm oneself in nonsuicidal self-injury). |
NOTE: DSM-IV does not have criteria for this disorder, so no comparison is made.
From: 3, Mental Illness
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