The DSM establishes a common language for professional communication and research, not to mention insurance codes. However, there are also ways in which mental health professionals don’t view the DSM as clinically useful. After seeing many patients, clinicians gradually form their own mental models ...
Disorders are placed on one of five axes: axis I includes all the clinical syndromes and V codes except for personality disorders and mental retardation; axis II includes the personality disorders and mental retardation; axis III lists any coexisting physical disorders or conditions; axis IV assesses...
Results Prevalence of 30-Day DSM-IV Disorders Estimated 30-day prevalence was 15.0% for any internalizing disorder, 18.4% for any externalizing disorder, and 25.1% for any disorder (Table 2). The most prevalent disorders were IED (11.2%), PTSD (8.6%), and ADHD (7.0%), with other disorde...
and others. The DSM-IV has specific V Codes for various types of abuse including physical and sexual abuse of both children and adults as well as neglect, emphasizing the importance of these areas for questioning in the initial interview. Sometimes V codes are used because no mental disorder ...
(e.g.ADHD,Autism) DeliriumandDementia Substance-RelatedDisorders Schizophrenia MoodDisorders AnxietyDisorders AxisI ClinicalDisorders FactitiousDisorders DissociativeDisorders SexualDisorders EatingDisorder SleepDisorders ImpulseControlDisorders AdjustmentDisorders AxisII...