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DSM-IV Axis I
Axis I Clinical Disorders
Question | Answer |
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What is on Axis I? | Clinical Disorders |
What is a clinical disorder? | Any disorder other than a personality disorder or mental retardation |
Delirium, Dementia, and Amnestic/other cognitive disorders | Delirium: Disturbance of consciousness that is accompanied by change in cognition that cannot be better accounted for by a preexisting or evolving dementia.Dementia: multiple cognitive deficis like memory impairment and due to physiological effts of a g |
Mental Disorders | Mental Disorders due to medical condition |
Subs Relate | Substance related disorders |
Schizo | Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders |
Moods | Mood Disorders |
An | Anxiety Disorders |
Soma | Somatoform Disorders |
Dissociate | Dissociative Disorders |
Facts | Factitious Disorders |
Sex | Sexual and Gender Indentity Disorders |
Eat | Eating Disorders |
Sleep | Sleeping Disorders |
Impulse | Impulse-Control Disorders |
Adjust | Adjustment Disorders |
Other | Other Conditions for clinical attention |
Name an Anxiety Disorder | Post Traumatic Stress Disorder |
What is Posttraumatic Stress Disorder? | Develops after a severe traumatic event or experience. Distressing symptoms are irritability, anxiety, depression, or not wanting to re-experience the trauma. |
Name a Mood Disorder | Depression |
What is depression? | Mental illness where person experiences deep unshakable sadness and diminished interest in almost all activities. Symptoms are feelings of despair, hopelessness, and worthlessness, and thoughts of committing suicide. |