According to the Textbook, the DSM-5 Has Been Criticized For

question 213

Multiple Choice

According to the textbook, the DSM-5 has been criticized for:

• A)representing the consensus of a wide range of mental health professionals from many different organizations and perspectives.
• B)including eating disorders, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and social anxiety disorder as mental disorders.
• C)not including homosexuality as a mental disorder.
• D)using arbitrary cutoffs to draw the line between people with and without a particular disorder.

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Definitions:

Rules

Guiding principles designed to influence behavior or decision-making processes within a particular context.

Attributes

Qualities, characteristics, or properties that are considered inherent to or characteristic of someone or something.

Associations

The mental connections or relations between ideas, feelings, sensations, or memories.

Learned Helplessness

A condition in which an individual learns to feel helpless and passive in the face of aversive situations, due to a history of uncontrollable events.