A patient comes to a clinician with complaints of depression and anxiety. Given the DSM-5 rule of no symptom appearing in more than one category, what would likely be the diagnostic result?
A) The rule would not affect the diagnosis.
B) No diagnosis would be entered given the contradictory information.
C) Comorbid diagnoses would be recorded.
D) The International Classification of Diseases-10 would be used.
Answer: C
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