The DSM-IV-TR Requires That Patients Be Evaluated Along Five Separate

question 41

Multiple Choice

The DSM-IV-TR requires that patients be evaluated along five separate dimensions. This is referred to as a

• A) diagnostic classification.
• B) psychological classification.
• C) multiaxial classification.
• D) dimensional classification.
• E) theoretical classification.

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Definitions:

Equality

The state or quality of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities.

Population Variances

A measure of the dispersion of a set of data points in a population data set.

Normally Distributed

Describes a statistical distribution that is symmetric about the mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence than data far from the mean.

Level of Significance

In hypothesis testing, it's the threshold used to determine the statistical significance of an observed effect, often set at values like 0.05 or 0.01.