[The DMS-III diagnosis of physically-induced psychoses]

Classification of organic psychoses according to the revised version of DMS III, in accordance with the terminology used in traditional German psychopathology and in ICD-9, are compared. In DSM III, organic psychoses are presented as a heterogeneous group divided into psychoses of known or suspected origin and in psychoses of unknown aetiology. Relevant differences in the use of diagnostic terms such as delir are noticeable, whereas known syndromes such as Korsakoff's syndrome are not considered and incorporated into larger categories in DSM nomenclature.