DSM (lec 1) Flashcards
DSM Axis I?
psych clinical disorders/conditions, focus of clinical attention
(e.g. depression, anxiety)
DSM Axis II?
personality disorders (e.g. paranoid personality disorder) or developmental disorders (e.g. mental retardation)
that may cause or exacerbate Axis I
DSM Axis III?
general medical conditions
DSM Axis IV?
psychosocial and environment disorders/stressors
DSM Axis V?
global assessment of fxning (GAF scale)
Axis IV details?
psychosocial and environment PROBLEMS that affect diagnosis/tx/prognosis of Axis I/II:
primary support group social environment education occupational economic access to healthcare legal/criminal
Axis V details?
Global Assess of Fxning (GAF) scale measures provider’s overall judgement of pt’s level of fxn
GAF used for?
planning tx
predicting outcome
tracking progress
What is NOT part of determining GAF?
physical limitations
Mental Status Eval: General includes?
overall appearance
posture
grooming/dress
Mental Status Eval: Alertness/Orientation includes?
awareness of environment
oriented person/place/time
Mental Status Eval: Speech includes?
ability to express, receive and comprehend words
Eval: Rate Volume Quantity Type (e.g. slurred, dramatic, etc)
Mental Status Eval: Motor includes?
hyper/hypoactive rigid combative tics restless/akathisia (have to move, involuntary)
Mental Status Eval: Mood definition?
sustained emotion affecting view of world,
subjective description of own emotional state in own words
Mental Status Eval: Affect definition?
Descriptors?
observable feeling/tone/responsiveness seen in face, voice, demeanor
blunted exaggerated flat constricted labile (quickly changing)