What does OBS stand for?

Part 1 details biological and psychosocial theories on criminal behavior, while part 2 presents chapters on the major classes of mental disorders associated with criminal behavior, including organic brain syndromes, psychoses, and antisocial personality disorder.

Muller "may be suffering from a form of organic brain syndrome or frontal lobe damage affecting his ability to control his conduct.

Comorbid conditions included convulsions, CNS disorder, organic brain syndrome, severe mental retardation, substance-related disorder, and congenita) heart defects.

The Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC), the body charged with enforcing the ADA, has defined a "physical or mental impairment" as any physiological disorder or condition, cosmetic disfigurement, or anatomical loss affecting one of the major body systems [5], or any mental or psychological disorder such as mental retardation, organic brain syndrome, emotional or mental illness, or specific learning disabilities.

McCardell was moved into a nursing home on the recommendation of her physician, who noted she suffered from senile dementia, organic brain syndrome, and poor memory.

Of the 51 individuals who attained competitive employment and the 53 who dropped out for reasons related to illness (total N=104), 41 had schizophrenia or organic brain syndrome with associated severe cognitive deficits and 63 had other psychiatric disorders--schizoaffective {81}, depressive {81}, bipolar {14}, personality {6}, anxiety {5}, and other {2}--with generally less severe cognitive deficits.

Lakin has developed an organic brain syndrome and needs a thorough neurologic and neuropsychological evaluation.

With ailments such as disease, organic brain syndrome or other forms of senility, deterioration can commence as early as age 30 or 40 and proceed to 100% loss of mental facilities in a decade.