نقل قول:The DSM-IV organizes each psychiatric diagnosis into five dimensions (axes) relating to different aspects of disorder or disability:

• Axis I: Clinical disorders, including major mental disorders, and learning disorders
  
• Axis II: Personality disorders and intellectual disabilities (although developmental disorders, such as Autism, were coded on Axis II in the previous edition, these disorders are now included on Axis I)
  
• Axis III: Acute medical conditions and physical disorders
  
• Axis IV: Psychosocial and environmental factors contributing to the disorder
  
• Axis V: Global Assessment of Functioning or Children's Global Assessment Scale for children and teens under the age of 18
  

Common Axis I disorders include depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, ADHD, autism spectrum disorders, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and schizophrenia.
Common Axis II disorders include personality disorders: paranoid personality disorder, schizoid personality disorder, schizotypal personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, antisocial personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, histrionic personality disorder, avoidant personality disorder, dependent personality disorder, obsessive-compulsive personality