Posts tagged clinical disorders
The politics of Power. The architecture of Resistance. The aesthetics of Emptiness. And other discursive inQUEERies...
From the series, “Things they DO teach you in THERAPY School”
MULTIAXIAL DIAGNOSIS
“There are five axes included in the DSM-IV multi-axial classification”
AXIS I Clinical Disorders… “Really Fucked Up”
AXIS II Personality Disorders… “Will Really Fuck You Up”
AXIS III General Medical Conditions… “Got Really Fucked”
AXIS IV Psychosocial & Environmental Factors… “History of Chronic & Systemic Fucked-Up-ed-ness”
AXIS V Global Assessment of Functioning… “Fuck You!”
“The use of the multiaxial system facilitates comprehensive and systematic evaluation with attention to the various mental disorders and general medical conditions, psychosocial and environmental problems, and level of functioning that might be overlooked if the focus were on assessing a singular presenting problem. A multiaxial system provides a convenient format for organizing and communicating clinical information, for capturing the complexity of clinical situations, and for describing the heterogeneity of individuals presenting with the same diagnosis.”
