What Unfortunate Consequence Can Occur Because of Diagnostic Labels' Traditionally

question 7

Multiple Choice

What unfortunate consequence can occur because of diagnostic labels' traditionally negative nature?

• A) Clinicians may become depressed from concentrating on so much negative information.
• B) Clinicians may ignore potentially positive characteristics of people.
• C) Clinicians may ignore negative characteristics in order to focus on the positive characteristics.
• D) Clinicians may not have enough labels to describe negative behavior.

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