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Axis IV

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Axis IV
Psychiatry A dimension used with DSM-IV for psychosocial stressors–death, divorce, loss of job, etc in the form of problems; primary support group problems, social environment problems, educational problems, occupational problems, housing problems, economic problems, problems with access to health care, problems related to legal system/crime. See DSM-IV, Multiaxial system.
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On Axis IV he throws in a couple of psychosocial stressors in such a broad-based fashion that they have no influence upon the treatment.
Diagnosing with broad strokes by Kelwala, Surendra / Clinical Psychiatry News
Those patients who have severe and persistent mental illness often experience some compromise in each of these Axis IV domains that must be considered by the practitioner of evidence-based psychiatric medicine.
Letting data guide patient care by Leard-Hansson, Jan; Guttmacher, Laurence / Clinical Psychiatry News
Behavior disorders involve drug dependence and anorexia nervosa, while life story (thin Axis IV here) includes job-related anxiety.
Crafting the DSM-IV. (Reader Counterpoint) by Spiegel, Dr. David / Clinical Psychiatry News
 
 
 
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