What is one of the biggest downsides of applying a psychiatric label to someone through the process of diagnosis?
A. Completing complicated insurance forms before receiving treatment
B. Misdiagnosis by applying the wrong label
C. Social stigma experienced by the disordered person
D. Retaliation against the mental health professional who assigned the label
Answer: C
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Sally has a cognitive disorder. She has memory deficits in recalling newly learned
information, past personal information, and common knowledge. She also exhibits deficiencies in abstract thinking, impaired judgment, aphasia, and apraxia. Finally, she exhibits personality changes in which she seems almost the opposite of her normal self. Her disorder is most likely ______. a. dementia c. anencephaly b. delirium d. amnestic disorder
Survey objectives refer to the ______.
A. need for the survey and what the survey will measure B. need for the survey and the purpose of the survey C. purpose of the survey and operationally defined objectives D. purpose of the survey and what the survey will measure