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DSM-IV Axis I
Axis I Clinical Disorders
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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. |