PSYCH 202 Study Guide - Paranoid Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Intellectual Disability
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Study guide part 4: mental disorders classified & Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders: a handbook of disorders used for diagnosing psychopathology. Multiaxial classification system: system used in the dsm that provides assessment along five axes describing important mental health factors. Axis i: clinical disorders and other conditions that may be the focus of clinical attention that are treatable. Schizophrenia, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, sexual and gender disorders, eating disorders. Axis ii: mental retardation and personality disorders that can be improved but are still permanent. Antisocial personality disorder, paranoid personality disorder, borderline personality disorder. Axis iii: general medical conditions relavent to mental disorders. Axis iv: psychological and environmental problems that might affect the diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of mental disorders (stressors) Unemployment, divorce, legal problems, homelessness, poverty, parental overprotection. Rated from 1-100 where 1 = danger of hurting self and 100 = superior functioning in a wide range of areas.
