Axis IV Is Used for Reporting

question 32

Multiple Choice

Axis IV is used for reporting:

• A)psychosocial and environmental problems.
• B)general medication conditions.
• C)the client's overall functioning level using the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF).
• D)additional Axis I or Axis II diagnoses.

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Definitions:

Location

A specific position or point in physical or virtual space.

Z-statistic

A type of standard score that indicates how many standard deviations an element is from the mean, used in significance testing.

Significance Level

A threshold for determining whether a p-value indicates a statistically significant result, usually set at 0.05 (5%).

Nonparametric Tests

Statistical tests that do not assume a specific distribution for the data, making them suitable for analyzing ordinal data or when the assumptions for parametric tests are not met.