A Client Is Diagnosed as Having an Anxiety Disorder Using

question 24

Multiple Choice

A client is diagnosed as having an anxiety disorder using a categorical system of classification. Knowing this, what else might you suspect about this client?

• A) The client falls into a single category with no other overlap in other categories.
• B) The client's issues are developmental and rooted in a life-span challenge.
• C) There is a 45% chance she also has at least one other disorder.
• D) There is no likelihood of comorbidity.

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