What is meant by Axis 1 Axis 2 etc

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what do they mean?..

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An axis is an imaginary line around which something rotates.

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how does this relate to psychiatry @everhopeful

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Oh. No idea :thinking: .

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I cant remember which is axis 1 and which is axis 2, but one refers to a classification of disorders that respond to medical treatment, such as depression, bipolar, schizophrenia, etc. The other axis is for personality disorders, which are thought to be untreatable and lifelong.

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Therefore it is possible to have, for example, Schizophrenia and Borderline Personality Disorder because they lie on different axes.

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There were 5 axis. I think the DSM5 did away with them.

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I have schizoaffective and borderline

Axis 1 is mental disorders and Axis 2 is personality disorders

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