Understanding the Causes of Mental Disorders Is Important Because

question 75

Multiple Choice

Understanding the causes of mental disorders is important because

• A) effective treatment is not possible without such an understanding.
• B) classification of disorders cannot be done without such information.
• C) such knowledge might make both the prevention and cure of mental disorders possible.
• D) disagreements about the the causes of psychopathology have long limited the advancements made in the study of abnormal psychology.

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