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OSWALD

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The first classification of mental disorders involved
 
  a. identifying the biological causes of the disorders, so a person could be tested for them.
  b. understanding the theoretical descriptions of different disorders.
  c. recognizing symptoms that occurred together often enough to be regarded as a type of mental disorder.
  d. identifying the types of thoughts that people with different mental illnesses tended to have.

Question 2

Kraepelin is credited with
 
  a. discovering that penicillin was an effective treatment for malaria.
  b. determining the cause of senile dementia.
  c. identifying different types of mental disorders.
  d. writing the first edition of the DSM.


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Answer to Question 1

c. recognizing symptoms that occurred together often enough to be regarded as a type of mental disorder.

Answer to Question 2

c. identifying different types of mental disorders.



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