Author Question: To minimize the cultural biases that may occur during diagnosis, it is suggested that diagnosticians ... (Read 65 times)

neverstopbelieb · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

To minimize the cultural biases that may occur during diagnosis, it is suggested that diagnosticians do all of the following except ____.

a. focus less on the concepts of normality and abnormality
b. become more aware of cognitive shortcuts that can impair clinical judgments
c. diagnose solely based on published criteria and standardized interview formats
d. rely less on their own clinical impressions

Question 2

According to Thomas Szasz, the concept of mental illness ____.

a. is inappropriate and harmful
b. seems perfectly appropriate
c. is appropriate only for behavior disorders with no clear physical basis
d. is inappropriate only for organic mental disorders