Which Statement About the Diagnosis of Childhood Disorders Using the DSM-5

question 44

Multiple Choice

Which statement about the diagnosis of childhood disorders using the DSM-5 is accurate ?

• A) Clinicians no longer have to decide whether behaviors are inappropriate or excessive to diagnose childhood disorders.
• B) In the latest edition, there are only seven diagnostic categories, so many children's problems are lumped together in overlapping categories.
• C) In the latest edition, the criteria have become very strict, so there has been a dramatic decrease in the number of children diagnosed.
• D) To determine if a child has an actual psychological disorder, clinicians consider the child's age, developmental level, environmental factors, and symptoms that cause significant impairment in daily functioning over an extended period of time.

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Definitions:

Leakages-Injections Approach

An economic understanding and analysis of how savings, taxes, and imports (leakages) offset government spending, investments, and exports (injections) in the circular flow of income.

Value Added

The increase in worth of a product or service as a result of a particular process, often characterized by the difference between the price of the finished product and the cost of the inputs involved in making it.

Raw Materials

Basic materials extracted from natural resources or produced through agriculture, which are used in the production of goods and services.

Injection

Any spending other than by households or any income other than from resource earnings; includes investment, government purchases, exports, and transfer payments.