Wakefield's (1992)concept of "Harmful Dysfunction" ______

question 62

Multiple Choice

Wakefield's (1992) concept of "harmful dysfunction" ______.

• A) provides criteria for differentiating normal from abnormal behavior
• B) requires all mental disorders to have an underlying biological cause
• C) asserts that genetic and biological factors play a greater role in psychopathology than social-cultural factors
• D) assumes that a biological or medical cause of a person's psychopathology has been ruled out before a psychiatric diagnosis is assigned

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