DSM
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- Created on: 25-02-15 18:54
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- DSM CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM
- Manual used by clinicians to diagnose mental illness
- DSM V came out in May 2013
- Multi-axial classification system
- Axis 1 - clinical disorders you go to psychiatrist with
- Depression
- Schizophrenia
- Axis 2 - personality disorders & mental retardation
- Axis 3 - general medical conditions
- Axis 4 -environmental and psychosocial factors
- Axis 5 - global assessment of functioning
- Number between 1 - 100
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