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Unit 8 – Clinical Psychology
Topic 8.10
Why might the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) be critiqued for its role in diagnosing mental disorders?
It may potentially pathologize normal human behavior by categorizing a wide spectrum of emotions and behaviors as disorders.
The DSM includes too few categories of mental disorders.
The DSM doesn't provide any criteria for diagnoses.
It ignores cultural variation in symptom presentation.
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AP Psychology - 8.10 Evaluating Strengths, Weaknesses, and Empirical Support for Treatments of Disorders
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