Briefly explain how the profession of the primary authors of the DSM, as well as its publisher, has influenced its approach to conceptualizing mental disorders.
What will be an ideal response?
The DSM’s authors have always been primarily medical doctors, and the publisher has always been the American Psychiatric (not Psychological) Association. This results in a medical model and a categorical approach to diagnosis, rather than an alternate approach, such as the dimensional model.
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a. 25 to 33 b. 21 to 29 c. 27 to 36 d. 35 to 43
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a. ?hierarchy of needs in humans b. ?university catalog c. ?the book, Motivation and Personality d. ?first ten years of life e. ?list of tendencies of self-actualizers
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a) More deaths are now due to infection and epidemics. b) Women smoke and drink less than men. c) Most deaths result from diseases that are affected by lifestyle, and lifestyle differences between men and women are decreasing. d) Men are more preoccupied with their health now.
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a. Semantic b. Phonological c. Pragmatic d. Syntactic