TREATMENT OF ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR
THERAPY AND TREATMENT
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a different type of disorder.
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a different aspect of a patient’s case.
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the diagnostic criteria used to determine a specific disorder.
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essential features of a specific disorder.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Experts cite both benefits and drawbacks to combining medical and mental health diagnoses. Possible benefits include decreased stigmatization of mental health disorders, because a single axis system points towards a shared biological basis for both mental health and medical conditions.
Detailed explanation-2: -What Are the Five Axes in a Multiaxial Diagnosis? In the DSM-IV-TR system, an individual was diagnosed on five different domains, or “axes.” In a single axis system like DSM-5 is, an individual is diagnosed in just one domain. For example, a clinical disorder, such as major depressive disorder, would be assigned.
Detailed explanation-3: -The revised 3rd edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (American Psychiatric Association, 1987) distinguishes between Axis I and Axis II disorders: Axis II includes personality (and developmental) disorders, and all others are on Axis I.