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Axes list - mtschool

Posted: Apr 06, 2010

I'm having trouble with the format of this psych consult. Under the DIAGNOSIS heading, the dictator lists the Axes as follows:

Axis I: Adjustment disorder with anxiety, moderate in degree.

Then he says, "new paragraph" but continues on with Axis I to say "Psychogenic amnesia."

Then he says, "new paragraph" again and goes on with Axes II thru V. Should I really skip to the next line even though he's still on Axis I or just make it a new sentence and keep it on the same line? If so, should that be indented? Thanks for any suggestions!

Axis - Should be

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Axis I:
1. Adjustment disorder...
2. Psychogenic amesia.

Axis II: XXXXX

Axis III: XXX

Unless your account specifics state otherwise, that is how I do it. Lots of doctors seem to want to say "new paragraph" when they are listing things...?

Axis - Should be - mtschool

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Great...I will try that. I wasn't sure if that was allowed or not since I hadn't had an example like this yet. Thanks so much!!

Axes - rpCMT

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I come across this quite often when doing psych reports, and I always keep the Axis I diagnoses on the same line/sentence, separating with semicolons, to keep each axis clear. This is how I would format:

Axis I: Adjustment disorder with anxiety, moderate in degree; psychogenic amnesia.
Axis II:
Axis III:
Axis IV:
Axis V:

Hope this helps :)

Thanks! - mtschool

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Thanks for that. When I went to change it to the other way, it just didn't look right b/c I don't think we're allowed to skip lines with the Axes, at least none of their examples are like that. Thanks so much!

Axis - Be careful... usually when a doc says

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"new paragraph," or "next line," it means he wants it in list form. Might want to check on this if possible.

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