Describe how specifiers are used in the DSM-5’s diagnostic system
What will be an ideal response?
Suggested response:
? Specifiers are provided for increased diagnostic specificity
? Provide opportunities to define a more homogeneous subgrouping of
individuals with a disorder who share certain features (i.e.: major
depressive "with mixed features")
? More than one specifier may be assigned to a diagnosis
? Specifiers may describe course, severity and/or descriptive features
(i.e.: with poor insight)
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