PRISM 6.0 Features


The PRISM assesses the following DSM-IV Axis I and Axis II disorders:

Substance Abuse

Substance Dependence

Mood Disorders

Psychotic Disorders

Anxiety Disorders

Eating Disorders

Borderline Personality Disorder

Antisocial Personality Disorder

A substance-induced specifier is provided for those diagnostic categories whose symptoms mimic intoxication and withdrawal symptoms. These include:

Mood Disorders

Psychotic disorders

Panic Disorder

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Additional PRISM Features:

	Obtains overview of lifetime psychiatric treatment history.
	Obtains history of heavy drug and alcohol use prior to other diagnostic sections.
	Obtains lifetime timeline of periods of heavy substance use and abstinence.
	Assesses lifetime and current psychiatric symptoms and disorders.
	Provides guidelines to assist in differentiating substance-induced symptoms, primary symptoms, and symptoms that are "expected effects" of intoxication and withdrawal.
	Provides guidelines to assist in determining the temporal relationship of psychiatric symptoms and substance use.

Allows for interviewer or computer diagnosis.