Coexistance of Axis I & II disorders,

posted by Paul G. on March 19, 1999, at 11:44:49

WHAT THE AXIS IS

Axis I disorders are all the clinical disorders (depression, anxiety, addictions, obsessions, sexual disorders, eating disorders, etc) and Axis II disorders are the personality disorders and mental retardation. There is plenty of information on the comorbidity of the various diagnoses, but since there are over 200 diagnoses in the DSM IV, you need to be specific about which ones we want to look at.