PSYB32H3 Chapter 3: Chapter 3
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diagnostic system widely employed by mental health professions: diagnostic and statistical manual of. development of the who and dsm systems: 1939: world health organization(who) added mental disorders to the international list of causes of death, 1948: list expanded to become international statistical classification of diseases, injuries and. [diagnostic system of the american psychiatric association (dsm-iv and dsm-iv-tr)] Five dimensions of classification: multiaxial classification (mac): each individual is rated on five separate dimensions or axes. axis i: all diagnostic categories except personality disorder and mental retardation. axis i i: personality disorders and mental retardation. axis i i i: general medical conditions. axis iv: psychosocial and environmental problems www. notesolution. com: occupational problems, economic problems, interpersonal difficulties with family members and a variety of problems in other life areas that may influence psychological functioning. axis v: current levels of adaptive functioning.
