Axis I of the DSM classification system includes clinical disorders, such as mood disorders, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and substance use disorders. These are considered the primary mental health diagnoses for individuals seeking treatment.
The DSM-V has been renamed the DSM-5 and it stands for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. It is the universally recognised authority in the US of all Mental issues, everything is listed in it from anxiety and depressive disorders to schizophrenic ones.
DSM-III (1980), DSM-III-R (1987), and DSM-IV (1994) introduced and refined a new classification that considered recent discoveries about the biochemical and post-traumatic origins of some types of anxiety.
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) contains five main categories, known as the axes, which were used in earlier editions. However, the most current edition, the DSM-5, has shifted to a non-axial system and focuses on a single-axis diagnosis that encompasses all mental health disorders. The DSM-5 includes a wide range of categories for various mental health conditions, grouped primarily under broad headings like mood disorders, anxiety disorders, psychotic disorders, and more.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) was not discovered by a single individual but rather identified over time through clinical observations in psychiatry. The condition was formally recognized in the psychiatric community with the publication of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), with GAD being included in the DSM-III in 1980. Prior to this, anxiety disorders were broadly categorized, and it was through ongoing research and understanding of anxiety symptoms that GAD was delineated as a specific disorder.
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The scientific name for anxiety is "anxiety disorder," which encompasses a group of mental health conditions characterized by excessive fear, worry, and apprehension. Specific types of anxiety disorders include generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), panic disorder, and social anxiety disorder, among others. Each type has its own set of symptoms and diagnostic criteria as outlined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5).
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
DSM stands for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. It is a handbook used by mental health professionals to classify and diagnose mental disorders based on symptoms and criteria. The DSM is published by the American Psychiatric Association.
Substance-induced disorders and substance use disorders
Substance-induced disorders and substance use disorders
DSM-IV is a book or system that assigns diagnosis numbers to accepted mental health conditions and diseases. A neurosis is a complex or dysfunction a person consistently displays that can interfere with his or her life or social skills. It can be a faulty belief system or coping mechanism and often displays anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorders, personality disorders and borderline displays of other more serious disorders.