The Rothberg family includes parents Mark and Tina and children David and Abigail. Mark and Tina take David to a clinical psychologist because “he is the cause of all problems in our family. If you fix him, everything will be great in our household.” If the psychologist takes a family therapy approach to treatment, he will consider the possibility that, in this situation, David is
A. an identified patient.
B. diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder.
C. not Mark and Tina’s biological child.
D. in significant competition with his schoolmates.
A. an identified patient.
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