One Explanation Offered in Your Textbook for the Recent Rapid

Multiple Choice

One explanation offered in your textbook for the recent rapid increase in the diagnosis of dissociative disorders is that:

A) childhood physical abuse, the primary antecedent of the disorder, has increased
B) more therapists believe the disorder is real and elicit reports from their patients that support it
C) more criminals are receiving psychiatric screening, and dissociative disorders are particularly prevalent in this group
D) the disorder is caused by an environmental toxin that is now more widespread