DSM Axis

  1. What is Axis I?
    Clinical Disorders/Symptoms
  2. What is Axis II?
    Personality Disorders and Mental Retardation
  3. What is Axis III?
    General Medical Conditions
  4. What is Axis IV?
    Psychosocial and environmental functioning
  5. What is Axis V?
    Global Assessment of Functioning
  6. For which Axis would the following questions be asked:
    What is the focus of treatment going to be?
    Why are they in your office?
    What will you be working on with them?
    Axis I
  7. For which Axis would the following questions be asked:
    What are relationships like?
    How do you relate to the world, self, others?
    Axis II
  8. For which Axis would the following questions be asked:
    How big of a problem is this?
    What has this looked like in the past?
    Axis V
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shortnin
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DSM Axis
Description
Axis of DSM
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