Nursing Diagnoses in Psychiatric Nursing Care Plans and Psychotropic Medications

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Axis I Example of a psychiatric diagnosis using the Axis IV Axis V—Global Assessment of FunctioningAxis III Axis II Axis V Multiaxial Evaluation System: (current)This allows the clinician to rate the individual’s overall function-Source: 4th Edition, Text Revision, 2000. Psychiatric Association.ing on the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) Scale. This scale represents in global terms a single measure of the ing. A copy of the GAF Scale appears in Appendix K.individual’s psychological, social, and occupational function-From the GAF = 65300.4 301.6 244.9 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Used with permission from the American Dependent Personality DisorderHypothyroidismDysthymic DisorderUnemployedAPPENDIX J ●^591

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