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DSM-5-TR multiaxial system discontinued official APA
Using the DSM-IV-TR five-axis format requested in the daily progress note, a cautious provisional formulation would be:
| Axis | Provisional formulation |
|---|---|
| Axis I | Unspecified psychotic disorder, provisional: auditory and visual hallucinations, self-talk, and behavioral disturbance/anger outbursts. Rule out psychotic disorder due to another medical/neurological condition given prominent severe headache and vomiting. Also rule out schizophrenia-spectrum disorder, mood disorder with psychotic features, seizure disorder, delirium, substance/medication-induced psychosis, and dissociative phenomena. |
| Axis II | Deferred. The patient is 16 years old, and there is insufficient developmental, personality, and cognitive information. IQ testing is planned. Do not diagnose a personality disorder from this history. |
| Axis III | Severe recurrent headache with vomiting, under neurological evaluation. MRI brain is planned/pending, so intracranial or other neurological causes must be excluded. Scabies/pruritus, reportedly not improving after 3 days of treatment. |
| Axis IV | Psychosocial stressors not adequately documented. Current stressors include acute illness, hospital admission, distress from psychotic symptoms, and probable impairment in daily functioning. Family, school, trauma, financial, and relationship stressors need assessment. |
| Axis V | GAF deferred / cannot be validly rated from the available DPR alone. A GAF score requires information on functioning, self-care, school attendance, social functioning, behavior, suicide/self-harm risk, and reality testing. If the hospital requires a score, document it only after a full mental-status and functional assessment. |
Important clinical caution
The combination of new psychotic symptoms plus severe headache and vomiting should not be assumed to be a primary psychiatric illness until medical and neurological causes have been assessed. The planned MRI is appropriate; the treating team should also consider a full neurological examination, vital signs, fundoscopy for raised intracranial pressure where appropriate, medication/substance history, seizure history, basic labs, and assessment of orientation/attention.
The note alone does not establish schizophrenia. Duration, functional decline, mood symptoms, cognition, substance use, neurological examination, and MRI findings are missing.
DSM-5/DSM-5-TR no longer formally uses the five-axis system, but it can still be documented when a hospital form specifically asks for it, as explained in this DSM-IV to DSM-5 overview.
Brief 5 axis
Axis I: Unspecified psychotic disorder, provisional. Rule out psychosis due to neurological/medical condition.
Axis II: Deferred.
Axis III: Severe headache with vomiting, MRI brain pending; scabies/pruritus.
Axis IV: Psychosocial stressors and functional impairment, details not documented.
Axis V: GAF deferred, pending assessment of functioning and risk.
What is GAf
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Global Assessment of Functioning GAF DSM-5 discontinued NCBI
GAF = Global Assessment of Functioning.
It is the old Axis V score in DSM-IV, rated from 1 to 100, showing overall psychological, social, and daily functioning:
- 91-100: Superior functioning
- 71-90: Mild or temporary symptoms
- 51-70: Moderate symptoms or difficulty functioning
- 31-50: Serious symptoms or serious functional impairment
- 1-30: Severe impairment, possible danger to self/others, or inability to function
For this patient, a score should be given only after assessing self-care, school functioning, social behavior, insight, risk of self-harm/violence, and severity of hallucinations. From the note alone, GAF is best recorded as “deferred/pending assessment.”
DSM-5 no longer formally uses GAF; it removed the multiaxial system and favors other functional assessment methods.
What every axis means give me brief
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DSM-IV five axis Axis I Axis II Axis III Axis IV Axis V definitions
- Axis I: Main psychiatric illness, for example depression, schizophrenia, anxiety, substance-use disorder.
- Axis II: Personality disorder or intellectual disability.
- Axis III: Physical/medical illnesses, for example epilepsy, headache, diabetes, scabies.
- Axis IV: Psychosocial stressors, for example family conflict, school problems, financial issues, trauma, poor support.
- Axis V: Overall level of functioning, measured by GAF 1-100.
This is the old DSM-IV system. DSM-5 no longer formally uses axes.
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- Axis I: Main mental disorder
- Axis II: Personality disorder / intellectual disability
- Axis III: Physical or medical illness
- Axis IV: Life stressors and social problems
- Axis V: Overall functioning level, scored by GAF (1-100)
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Deferred means not decided yet or kept for later assessment.
For Axis II: Deferred, it means there is not enough information yet to diagnose or rule out a personality disorder or intellectual disability. More history, examination, and possibly IQ testing are needed.
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In Axis V, GAF means Global Assessment of Functioning.
It is a score from 1 to 100 that shows how well the patient is functioning in daily life, socially, psychologically, and at school/work.
- High score (81-100): functioning well
- 51-70: moderate symptoms/difficulty
- 31-50: serious symptoms or serious impairment
- 1-30: very severe impairment, may need urgent care
Example: GAF 45 means serious symptoms or major difficulty in daily functioning.
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