What Is One Criticism of the DSM Classification of Personality

question 81

Multiple Choice

What is one criticism of the DSM classification of personality disorders as discrete categories rather than dimensional traits?

• A)Category names are arbitrary.
• B)A categorical approach does not explain etiology.
• C)The labels have created more problems than they solved.
• D)There are a lot of people with serious personality problems who do not fit the official DSM-5 subtypes.

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