What is the dimensional approach to mental health and mental illness? What will be an ideal ...

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The dimensional approach says that most psychological phenomena are distributed continuously, with a large majority of people in the middle and a few at the extreme ends of the continuum.

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Global assessment of functioning. This is simply a score between one and 100 reflecting an overall judgment of how poorly or well clients are managing their lives and how severe their psychological symptoms are.

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Psychosocial and environmental problems. Problems the client has in the outside world, such as poverty, housing difficulties, loss of work, and so on. You also note on this axis the interpersonal stressors influencing the client, such as divorce or friendlessness.

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Personality disorders and mental retardation. On Axis II are the more lasting and intractable problems of mental retardation and personality disorders. There is a code for the absence of these problems as well. The reason for a separate axis for these problems is that they may consistently underlie many Axis I difficulties, and the diagnosis should indicate that you think there is an underlying personality pattern or retardation.

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Clinical disorders and other conditions that may be a focus of clinical attention. On Axis I, all mental diagnoses except personality disorders and mental retardation are coded along with the severity of the problem. The principal diagnosis or reason for the visit comes first, but you can list several diagnoses after that. Most people that you see in community practice have Axis I diagnoses.

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