What Best Describes the Relationship Between the ICD and the DSM

question 3

Multiple Choice

What best describes the relationship between the ICD and the DSM systems of diagnostic classification?

• A) The ICD system is published by the World Health Organization and DSM is published by the American Psychiatric Association.
• B) The ICD is descriptive and the DSM is etiological.
• C) The DSM hopes to promote interrater reliability whereas the ICD is based on clinical judgment.
• D) The DSM has a theoretical basis whereas the ICD is purely empirical.

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