A Graduate Student Is Learning to Use the DSM-IV-TR, and Is

question 95

Multiple Choice

A graduate student is learning to use the DSM-IV-TR, and is overwhelmed by all of the information. When he comes to the subtypes of schizophrenia, he learns that the subtypes are organized in a hierarchy. What does this tell the student?

• A) Each subtype has one symptom that distinguishes it from the others.
• B) The subtypes are based on the number of symptoms a patient exhibits.
• C) The highest subtype in the hierarchy for which symptoms are present is the only one diagnosed, even if symptoms of lower subtypes are also present.
• D) The subtypes are listed in order of their severity, and patients often progress up and down the list.

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