Author Question: Which of the following is NOT a key advantage of providing a diagnosis according to the textbook? ... (Read 16 times)

mmm · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Which of the following is NOT a key advantage of providing a diagnosis according to the textbook?

a. Communication in that a wealth of information is conveyed in a single term.
b. Diagnoses provide important stigma to accelerate the study of treatment outcome.
c. Standard rules are provided for defining mental disorders and for seeking the cause of these disorders.
d. Because everyone uses the same system, clinicians can find useful assessment strategies.

Question 2

The family systems approach initially focuses on

a. obtaining cooperation from all family members.
b. addressing levels of expressed emotion in the family.
c. reducing conflict among family members.
d. all of the above are focused on in the family systems approach.