Which of the Following Is One of the Reasons Why

question 133

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is one of the reasons why Allen Frances called the approval of the DSM-5 a "sad day for psychiatry"?

• A) Expectable life challenges, such as mild cognitive changes or everyday forgetting in older adults, are now considered disorders.
• B) Behavioral problems like repeated temper tantrums in children are now less likely to be considered disorders.
• C) Potentially helpful medications are less likely to be used to treat newly labeled disorders in young children.
• D) Changes in diagnostic practices lead to poorer patient care.

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Definitions:

Test Statistic

A statistic used to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis in significance testing.

Nominal Variables

Categories of data that cannot be quantifiably ranked or ordered, serving as labels or names for distinguishing attributes.

Chi-Squared Test

A statistical test used to determine if there is a significant association between two categorical variables.

Nominal Variables

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