A female patient was admitted to the hospital with pneumonia, and in the course of her treatment, it was determined that she was experiencing alcohol dependence because she began experiencing alcohol withdrawal while she was in the hospital. When the psychiatrist who was called in as a consultant documented the patients mental disorder, he identified her alcohol dependence on which axis?

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Alcohol dependence is classified as a mental disorder and is documented on Axis I according to the DSM-IV-TR classification system, which includes clinical disorders and other conditions that may be a focus of clinical attention.

A Female Patient Was Admitted to the Hospital with Pneumonia