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Old Apr 08, 2013, 03:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Jaybird57 View Post
I did want to add that your description of Axis I vs. Axis II was a little bit misleading. Here's a great description of the difference:

Axis I includes the following: Disorders evident form infancy/childhood/adolescence. (ADHD, eating disorders, tourette's) , Organic Mental Disorders ( Dementia arising from Alzheomer's,basically anyhting that has a physical medical cause ie a brain tumor), Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders ( drug dependence), Psychosis (schizophrenia,) Mood Disoders ( depression, bi-polars disorder) Anxiety/ Neuroses ( panic disorder, phobias, OCD, PTSD,) Somatorform Disoders, Dissociative Disorders (DID, psychogenic fugue), Sexual Disorders (exhibitionism, fetishism, etc) Sleep Disorders

Axis II refers to the following : Personality Disorders ( paranoid, avoidant, obsessice compulsive, passive agressive, histrionic, borderline (BPD) Also includes Developmental Delays (mental retardation, autism, language ans speech disorders, etc)
sorry, sorry, sorry I am so embarrassed.
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