title: The multiaxial assessment and the DSM-III: a conceptual analysis.
abstract: With the release of the DSM-III, multiaxial assessment, which was a new concept, was introduced to daily clinical practice. This article will review the history and the development of the concept of multiaxial assessment and will focus on the its relationship to the DSM-III. In conclusion I will discuss different critiques of the concept.
authors.affiliation: Sha'ar Menashe Mental Health Center, Technion-Haifa, Israel eitan.bronschtein@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Eitan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bronschtein
mesh_terms: D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000266:history*; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000266:history*
keywords: DSM-5; DSM-III; DSM-IV; multiaxial assessment; multiaxial diagnosis