Emile Is Trying to Develop a New Way of Organizing

question 124

Multiple Choice

Emile is trying to develop a new way of organizing and thinking about mental disorders. He decides he will have two broad categories that deal with either mood or cognition, and cross those with two other broad categories indicating whether or not the person has dysfunction that is mild or severe. This will create four possible categories for disorders to fall in. Emile is working on a(n) ____ system for mental disorders.

• A) assessment
• B) classification
• C) dimensional
• D) cultural

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