Introduction to Psychology 10th Edition by Rod Plotnik,Haig Kouyoumdjian

Exercise 9

When mental health professionals determine whether an individual's specific problem meets or matches the standard symptoms that define a particular mental disorder, they are making a (a) _____. In trying to reach an agreement on the clinical diagnosis, mental health professionals use a set of guidelines, developed by the American Psychiatric Association, called the (b) _____, abbreviated as DSM-IV-TR.