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He says "AXIS I Adjustment disorder. paragraph. Psychogenic amnesia. Should "psychogenic a - kc


Posted: Sep 08, 2010

 He says "AXIS I - Adjustment disorder. paragraph. Psychogenic amnesia. Should "psychogenic amnesia" be AXIS II?

No - mb

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It should be under axis I.

axis diagnosis - check this

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http://www.dhs.state.or.us/caf/safety_model/procedure_manual/appendices/ch4-app/4-5.pdf

check this out for the explanation of the axis diagnosis and what goes where.

We type it this way: - sm

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Axis I: Adjustment disorder.
Psychogenic amnesia.

(Each diagnosis is on a separate line.)

Formatting showed up wrong. - SM

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After Axis I we tab over for first diagnosis. THen on 2nd line we tab over underneath the first. No numbers for the diagnoses.


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