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Provisional tic disorder
DSM-5 changes include:
n Establishing a new name for the disorder, which was previously called transient tic disorder
n Removing “(i.e., sudden, rapid, recurrent, nonrhythmic, stereotyped motor movements or vocalizations)” from Criterion A
n Changing Criterion B from “The tics occur many times a day, nearly every day for at least four weeks, but for no longer than 12 consecutive months” to “The tics have been present for less than one year since first tic onset”
Other specified neurodevelopmental disorder
Counselors may use this category
with presentations in which symptoms characteristic of a neurodevelopmental disorder that cause impairment in social, occupational or other important areas of functioning predominate yet do not meet the full criteria for any of the disorders
in the diagnostic class. For example, neurodevelopmental disorder associated with prenatal alcohol exposure (characterized
by a range of developmental disabilities following exposure to alcohol in utero).
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