The history of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) suggests that

A. those working in mental health generally agree on the causes of mental illness.
B. our system of psychiatric diagnoses has resulted in part from a series of political fights.
C. those working in the mental health field generally agree on how to treat the different mental illnesses.
D. psychiatrists generally agree on how to treat homosexuality.
E. the DSM is now highly valid.


Answer: B

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