When Clinicians Assign a Diagnosis,they Are Saying That the Pattern

question 16

Multiple Choice

When clinicians assign a diagnosis,they are saying that the pattern of dysfunction is basically the same as one that has been displayed by many other people.This is MOST important because it means:

• A) the clinician can better predict which treatments will be effective.
• B) the client can feel assured that he or she is not alone in having this condition.
• C) the clinician must specify a diagnosis to be paid by health insurance providers.
• D) the clinician can stop progression of the disease or disorder.

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Definitions:

Variability

A statistical measure that expresses the degree of dispersion or spread in a data set, indicative of how much individuals within the set differ.

Symmetry

A property of shapes or designs where one half is a mirror image of the other half.

Bimodal

Describing a distribution that has two different modes or peaks in its frequency of occurrence.

Frequency

The number of times an event occurs within a given data set.