The usefulness of DSM-III axis IV and axis V assessments
- 1 July 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 143 (7) , 904-907
- https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.143.7.904
Abstract
DSM-III multiaxial diagnoses were given to 257 patients. Analysis of axis I diagnoses and axis IV and axis V assessments generally revealed the expected associations between particular psychiatric disorders and levels of psychosocial stress and social and occupational functioning. However, a major difficulty affecting the usefulness of axis IV and axis V data when they are routinely gathered according to the current DSM-III instructions is the stipulation that the clinician judge the etiological significance of a stressor before it is coded.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- A format for DSM-III diagnostic formulation: experience with 1,111 consecutive patientsAmerican Journal of Psychiatry, 1982