Organic psychosyndrome

Organic psychosyndrome is a non-specific and now obsolete term for a mental disorder due to organic causes. There is an effort to specify this diagnosis more deeply. More recently, it is called prefrontal syndrome.

Factors causing organic psychosyndrome

 * degenerative;
 * vascular;
 * metabolic;
 * toxic;
 * trauma;
 * tumor.

Symptoms of an organic psychosyndrome

 * memory, concentration and attention disorders;
 * slowed psychomotor pace;
 * affective disorders;
 * emotional and depressive disorders;
 * personality changes.

Related articles

 * Delirium
 * Prefrontal syndrome