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karlynnae

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on: Jun 22, 2018
Which of the following disorders have especially low diagnostic reliability?
 
  a. attention deficit
  b. posttraumatic stress
  c. autism spectrum
  d. generalized anxiety

Question 2

Your text describes a study of the reliability of diagnoses for several types of mental disorders which concludes that
 
  a. clinicians do not use psychological testing.
  b. more categories of mental disorder should be introduced.
  c. the diagnostic categories of the DSM are not always used reliably by clinicians.
  d. psychiatrists and psychologists fail to cooperate.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: d.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: c.


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karlynnae

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Reply #2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Thank you!


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Reply #3 on: Jun 22, 2018
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