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Chapter thirteen is about sexual disorders, which include those related to otherwise normal

human sexuality. Men may have erectile disorder, delayed ejaculation, hypoactive sexual

desire disorder, and premature ejaculation, while women can have female orgasmic disorder, female arousal disorder, and genito-pelvic pain/penetration disorder. Both men and women

can have gender dysphoria or sexual dysfunction related to the use of a substance or

substances.

The main topic of chapter fourteen is disruptive, impulse control, and conduct disorders, which

can affect children, adolescents, and adults. These include oppositional defiant disorder,

intermittent explosive disorder, conduct disorder, and antisocial personality disorder. Also

mentioned in this classification of DSM-V disorders are pyromania and kleptomania. The DSM-

V includes, in addition, a special category for other specified disruptive, impulse control, and

conduct disorders.

Chapter fifteen is about the DSM-V category of substance abuse and related disorders. It

includes a variety of substances of abuse and their complications. Each has unique features

that separate it from other substance abuse disorders and has different types of people at risk

for the disorder. In addition, gambling disorder is included as a “related disorder” as it shares

similar features to substance use disorders.

Chapter sixteen in the course covers neurocognitive disorders, such as delirium and dementia.

Both of these can cause mild, moderate, or severe cognitive deficits, which can be transient (as

in delirium) or lifelong (as in most types of dementia). The DSM-V recognizes that there are

major and mild neurocognitive disorders. There are different diagnoses for major or mild

neurocognitive disorders with multiple different etiologies listed by the DSM-V.

The topic of chapter seventeen is personality disorders. These are mental disorders defined as

having a rigid and enduring pattern of thinking, behaving, and functioning that is considered

out of the norm and that causes difficulty with the patient’s levels of functioning in work,

school, relationships, and social activities. The individual is so tuned into their behavior and

thinking that they often blame others for their difficulties and don’t recognize themselves as