EPPP Psychology

Category - Assessment and Diagnosis

DSM-5 has moved away from axial diagnosis documentation, while maintaining importance on the factors that were previously associated with Axis IV. These __________ and __________ factors are now represented with V-codes.
  1. Behavioral, socioeconomic
  2. Psychosocial, environmental
  3. Environmental, behavioral
  4. Socioeconomic, psychological
Explanation
Answer: B - Previously documented in Axis IV, psychosocial, and environmental factors are now represented with V-codes, as the newest edition of the DSM, the DSM-5, no longer uses the multi-axial model of diagnosis. Psychosocial and environmental factors typically refer to any recent significant stressors such as unemployment, a death, or a move.
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