Blair has gone in for a psychiatric assessment. She tells the clinician that she has been feeling extremely depressed for the last month. Blair also tells the clinician that, just before her symptoms began, her husband moved out and she lost her job. The clinician would use

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Axis IV of the DSM-IV is used to record psychosocial and environmental factors that may be contributing to the individual's mental health symptoms. In this case, Blair's recent stressors of her husband leaving and losing her job would fall under this axis.

Blair Has Gone in for a Psychiatric Assessment