Criticisms of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

question 20

Multiple Choice

Criticisms of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders include

• A) its use of men as the standard for mental health, which puts women without problems at risk for diagnosis.
• B) its multiaxial system, which provides too many ways to diagnose pathology.
• C) its descriptive system of diagnosis, which removes clinical judgment from the diagnostic process.
• D) its inclusion of categories that show gender differences, which ensure gender bias in the process of diagnosis.

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