Organic personality syndrome

Overview

Persistant personality changes due to physical causes such as a chemical imbalance rather than psychiatric causes. The duration and severity of the condition is determined by the nature and location of the cause.

Symptoms

* Neurotic symptoms * Psychiatric symptoms * Mood changes * Perception changes * Attention changes

Causes

* Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis * Tetrabenazine * Posterior leucoencephalopathy syndrome * Vitamin B12 deficiency * Arylsulphatase A deficiency

Diagnosis

Home medical testing related to Organic personality syndrome: * Concentration -- Home Testing * ADHD -- Home Testing * Mental Health: Home Testing: o Home Emotional Stress Tests

Treatment

* Mental Health Specialists: o Psychiatry o Addiction Psychiatry o Geriatric Psychiatry o Pediatric / Adolescent Psychiatry (Child/Teen Mental Health) o Pediatric Developmental Behavioral Health (Child Behavior Specialist) o Psychosomatic Medicine o Forensic Psychiatry