You are a psychologist who is treating two patients: one with an anxiety disorder and one with a depressive mood disorder. During the course of treating them both, you notice that they have similar symptoms in common and that in fact, they may be more
similar than dissimilar in many ways. Given your understanding of the limitations of the DSM classification scheme outlined in your text, which of the following might you suggest as a useful alternative model for describing abnormal behavior?
A) Use a multiaxial system with discrete categories.
B) Develop a model that describes disorders along dimensions of function.
C) Use developmental milestones as behavioral markers in models.
D) Classify disorders into discrete categories with no overlap between symptoms.
Answer: B
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