While Many Clinicians Believe That Developing More Descriptive Assessments Would

question 9

Multiple Choice

While many clinicians believe that developing more descriptive assessments would be of benefit in both research and clinical settings, this is unlikely to happen because

• A) the benefit of an efficient shorthand for communicating about disorders outweighs all other considerations.
• B) it would never be reliable and valid.
• C) they are time consuming and therefore expensive.
• D) the different theoretical approaches will probably never be able to agree on the descriptions.

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