DSM axis 3

Introduction

General Medical Conditions

• infectious disease & parasitic infection
• neoplasm
• endocrine disease, nutritional disease & metabolic disease
• blood disease & diseases of blood-forming organs
• immunologic disease
• neurologic disease & diseases of sense organs
• circulatory system disease
• respiratory system disease
• digestive system disease
• urogenital disease
• complications of pregnancy, childbirth, & the pueriperium
• skin disease & diseases of subcutaneous tissue
• musculoskeletal disease & connective tissue disease
• congenital anomalies
• certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
• symptoms, signs & ill-defined conditions
• injury & poisoning

More general terms

• multiaxis assessment (DSM axis)