A Group of Diagnostic Clinicians Can't Agree with Each Other

question 184

Multiple Choice

A group of diagnostic clinicians can't agree with each other on appropriate personality disorder diagnoses for several clients. In fact, it is obvious that, in many cases, they have inaccurately made their diagnoses. Assuming they are competent clinicians, this situation would indicate the DSM-5 categories for personality disorder are:

• A) both reliable and valid.
• B) neither reliable nor valid.
• C) reliable, but not valid.
• D) not reliable, but valid.

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Definitions:

Signal Transduction

A series of molecular events and chemical reactions that convey a signal from a cell's exterior to its interior, resulting in a cellular response.

Phospholipids

A class of lipids that are a major component of all cell membranes as they can form lipid bilayers.

cAMP

Cyclic adenosine monophosphate, a second messenger important in many biological processes that transmits cellular signals by activating protein kinases.

G Protein-linked Receptors

A large family of cell surface receptors that detect molecules outside the cell and activate internal signal transduction pathways and cellular responses.