Practitioners Who Favor the Use of Diagnostic Procedures Argue That

question 19

Multiple Choice

Practitioners who favor the use of diagnostic procedures argue that such procedures enable the therapists to:

• A) attach a label to the client,which stigmatizes them.
• B) identify a diagnosis that will follow the client for the rest of their life,possibly keeping them from being accepted by any future insurance company.
• C) identify a particular emotional or behavioral disorder,which helps in designing an appropriate treatment plan.
• D) pick and choose which symptoms truly fit the client's problems in order to create a diagnosis that will be reimbursed by insurance and remain on the client's record for possible future problems.

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