What Is the Dimensional Approach to Diagnosis

question 37

Multiple Choice

What is the dimensional approach to diagnosis?

• A) a diagnostic approach that takes into account that mental disorders fall on a continuum of severity.
• B) a diagnostic approach that encourages clinicians to assess psychopathology according to multiple dimensions, not just symptoms.
• C) a diagnostic approach that encourages assessment by more than one clinician.
• D) a diagnostic approach that encourages assessment of quality of life.
• E) a diagnostic approach that focuses on functional impairment.

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