The Advantage of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental

Multiple Choice

The advantage of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,Fifth Edition,is that:

A) it is primarily descriptive and does not specify the cause or reason for a problem.
B) it does not label an individual as abnormal and thereby avoids a dehumanizing,lifelong stigma.
C) it does not rely too much on the medical perspective on abnormal behavior.
D) it considers the degree to which people display psychologically disordered behavior rather than compartmentalizing them into inflexible categories.