The prevalence of diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder both in the US and Japan is one example of how _________ influences mental disorder diagnosis
A) cultural beliefs.
B) DSM criteria.
C) the legal system.
D) biological findings
Answer: A
Rationale: To many psychologists, the observations of shifts in numbers of clients diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder, reflects a predominantly sociocultural phenomenon in which cultural beliefs and therapists determine how the symptoms are manifested.
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