Author Question: The history of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) suggests that a. those working in ... (Read 83 times)

panfilo · **on:** Aug 23, 2018

The history of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) suggests that

a. those working in mental health generally agree on the causes of mental illness.
b. our system of psychiatric diagnoses has resulted in part from a series of political fights.
c. those working in the mental health field generally agree on how to treat the different mental illnesses.
d. psychiatrists generally agree on how to treat homosexuality.
e. the DSM is now highly valid.

Question 2

The Rosenhan study suggests that

a. mental health workers cannot always tell whether someone needs psychiatric care.
b. definitions of mental illness vary cross-culturally.
c. mental illness is primarily caused by organic problems.
d. homosexuality should not be considered a mental illness.
e. psychiatrists are less well trained than psychologists.