With which belief forwarded by Thomas Szasz would most mental health professionals disagree?
A. The process of psychological diagnosis ignores people's strengths and the features that make them unique.
B. Labeling people with a mental illness forces them to undergo unnecessary treatment.
C. Attaching the label of a given mental illness to a person dehumanizes them.
D. Labeling a person with a specific diagnostic label hurts his/her chances for improvement.
Answer: B
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