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Luz S. Katigbak, MD
De La Salle University
College of Medicine
May 17, 2010
Topics
• Classification of Psychiatric Disorders
• Diagnostic Tree
• Multiaxial Diagnosis
• Psychiatric Signs and Symptoms
Classification in Psychiatry
Purposes
• To distinguish one psychiatric diagnosis
from another
• To provide a common language among
health care professionals
• To explore the still unknown causes of
many mental disorders
Two Most Important
Systems of Classifications
• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of
Mental Disorders (DSM) – by American
Psychiatric Association + mental health
professionals
Neuro-Psychiatric Disorders
Primary Secondary
(Psychiatric/Functional) (Neurological/Organic)
• Insufficiently clear?
– Axis I – Major Depressive Disorder
– Axis III – Hypertension