The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition

question 71

True/False

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), distinguishes between paraphilias, which are considered to be relatively harmless, and paraphilic disorders, which are considered harmful sexual behaviors.

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Definitions:

Descartes's Views

Philosophical opinions of Descartes that emphasize doubt as the basis for certainty and the dualism of mind and body as foundational to understanding existence.

Spinoza's Views

The philosophical perspectives of Baruch Spinoza, which include the monist idea that everything is one substance, often identified with God, and the ethical importance of living a life of rationality and self-control.

Ontologies

In philosophy, it refers to the study of being and existence, including the categorization of entities and their relationships within a hierarchy.

Pre-Socratics

Early Greek philosophers before Socrates, who primarily focused on cosmology, the nature of the universe and the origin of life.