A Current Issue in the Mental Health Community Is the Change

question 24

Multiple Choice

A current issue in the mental health community is the change from DSM-IV-TR to DSM-5 in 2013. As a result, many diagnoses and questionnaires are no longer applicable. Many studies that were ongoing had to change their diagnostic labels as well as the way they were measuring constructs among participants. This is an example of:

• A) instrumentation.
• B) testing effect.
• C) attrition.
• D) sensitization effect.

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