now to understand a couple changes in the wording of the diagnostic labels....

the terms .....

other specified.....means you have a disorder that is not on the list. the treatment provider must list on your files what that other specified disorder is....

example if conversion disorder was not on the list above, the treatment provider would write the words other specified ..... disorder then next to that they would write conversion disorder. the mental disorders wrote in here under this label must exist here in the USA they cant just slap any old label on you, for example nos diagnosis labeling no longer exists here in the USA so they can not write in that you have a nos disorder.

unspecified ....means a treatment provider feels you are presenting with the symptoms that fit this category but do not meet the full diagnostics for any ....one... of the listed disorders, they do not have to state ....why... you do not meet the diagnostic criteria for any one mental disorder.

example a person being diagnosed for dissociative disorders. they have alternate personalities but the alters do not seem to be that of dissociative type alters. a treatment provider can diagnose the person as having unspecified dissociative disorder and not tell the client that their alters do not fit the DID type alters and not place in the files that the client is presenting as DID but the alters are not dissociative type, and they do not have enough information to make a definitive diagnosis. this term is most if not always used in emergency settings like in the Emergency Room.

in the DSM 5 each of these mental disorders have 5 or more pages that describe and give more information about each mental disorder.

Here in this thread what is contained here is just the basic list of mental disorders for the ...USA....other locations many have other disorders not on the list or labeled differently.

for the in depth information (diagnostic criteria, symptoms, and other data) about each of the mental disorders please contact your treatment providers or your local library's copy of the DSM 5.