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    Apr 28, 2011, 02:36 PM
    In psychology when evaluating a case study does it need to be more than one axis?
    I am working on a case study in a situation where it was completely environmental. So would that only be axis 4? Or does something from either axis 1 or axis 2 need to accompany it?
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    Apr 28, 2011, 02:56 PM

    Why do you think it's environmental only? Often more than one axis is used.

    * Axis I – Symptom Disorders
    * Axis II – Personality Disorders
    * Axis III – General medical conditions
    * Axis IV – Psychosocial/environmental problems
    * Axis V – Global assessment of functioning (often referred to as GAF)
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    Apr 28, 2011, 02:59 PM
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    I think it is environmental because it is about a woman whose husband drove her to attempting suicide. He was controlling and very sexist. But it said 2 months prior to the attempt she had been seeking therapy for tiredness, loss of appetite and sleep disturbances. So I don't know if that was also because of the husband or something else.
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    Apr 28, 2011, 03:12 PM

    So i don't know if that was also because of the husband or something else.

    What about Axis III? You don't know the source of her medical symptoms.
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