One Major Criticism of Current Methods of Diagnosing Psychiatric Disorders

question 125

Multiple Choice

One major criticism of current methods of diagnosing psychiatric disorders is that psychologists and psychiatrists

• A) fail to draw distinctions among different types of disorders.
• B) pay attention to only the most severe types of disorders.
• C) continue to rely on the same diagnoses and descriptions popular in Freud's time.
• D) label many understandable reactions to unpleasant situations as if they were mental illnesses.

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