The First Classification of Mental Disorders Involved

question 159

Multiple Choice

The first classification of mental disorders involved

• A) recognizing symptoms that occurred together often enough to be regarded as a type of mental disorder.
• B) understanding the theoretical descriptions of different disorders.
• C) identifying the biological causes of the disorders, so a person could be tested for them.
• D) identifying the types of thoughts that people with different mental illnesses tended to have.

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Definitions:

Strong Base

A substance that can completely dissociate in water to produce hydroxide ions and a corresponding cation.

Hydroxide Ions

Negatively charged ions made of oxygen and hydrogen (OH-), which characterize basic solutions.

pH

A numeric scale used to specify the acidity or basicity of an aqueous solution, ranging from 0 to 14.

Strong Acids

Acids that completely dissociate into their ions in water, significantly increasing the concentration of hydrogen ions in a solution.