Which mental disorders do we evaluate under each listing category? Listing 12.05 has two paragraphs, designated A and B, that apply to only intellectual disorder.Įach paragraph requires that you have significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning significant deficits in current adaptive functioning Īnd evidence that demonstrates or supports (is consistent with) the conclusion that your disorder began prior to age 22.ī.We mean the criteria in paragraph C of listings 12.02, 12.03, (When we refer to “paragraph C” or “the paragraph C criteria” in the introductory text of this body system,

There must be a medically documented history of the existence of the disorder over a period of at least 2 years,Īnd evidence that satisfies the criteria in both C1 and C2 (see 12.00G). To satisfy the paragraph C criteria, your mental disorder must be “serious and persistent” that is,

Paragraph C of listings 12.02, 12.03, 12.04,ġ2.06, and 12.15 provides the criteria we use to evaluate “serious and persistent mental disorders.”.

We mean the criteria in paragraph B of every listing except 12.05.) (When we refer to “paragraph B criteria” or “area of mental functioning” in the introductory text of this body system, To satisfy the paragraph B criteria, your mental disorder must result in “extreme” limitation of one, or “marked” limitation of two, of the four areas of mental functioning. We will determine the degree to which your medically determinable mental impairment affects the four areas of mental functioning and your ability to function independently,Īppropriately, effectively, and on a sustained basis (see 404.1520a(c)(2) They are: understand, remember, or apply information interact with others concentrate, persist, or maintain pace Īnd adapt or manage oneself. These criteria represent the areas of mental functioning a person uses in a work setting. In conjunction with a rating scale (see 12.00E and 12.00F), to evaluate how your mental disorder limits your functioning.

Paragraph B of each listing (except 12.05) provides the functional criteria we assess,.

Paragraph A of each listing (except 12.05) includes the medical criteria that must be present in your medical evidence.

Your mental disorder must satisfy the requirements of either paragraph A or paragraph B. Listing 12.05 has two paragraphs that are unique to that listing (see 12.00A3) Your mental disorder must satisfy the requirements of both paragraphs A and B, or the requirements of both paragraphs A and C.

Neurodevelopmental disorders ( 12.11) eating disorders ( 12.13) Īnd trauma- and stressor-related disorders ( 12.15).Īnd 12.13 have two paragraphs, designated A and B your mental disorder must satisfy the requirements of both paragraphs A and B.ġ2.06, and 12.15 have three paragraphs, designated A, B, and C Personality and impulse-control disorders ( 12.08) autism spectrum disorder ( 12.10) Neurocognitive disorders ( 12.02) schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders ( 12.03) ĭepressive, bipolar and related disorders ( 12.04) intellectual disorder ( 12.05) Īnxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders ( 12.06) somatic symptom and related disorders ( 12.07) The listings for mental disorders are arranged in 11 categories:.How are the listings for mental disorders arranged, and what do they require?

Personality and impulse-control disordersĪ. Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disordersĭepressive, bipolar and related disordersĪnxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders

Functional depression