Describe four serious problems with the effort to diagnose and label mental disorders
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: A good answer will include the following key points.
? Once a diagnosis (label) exists for a problem, it can easily be overdiagnosed.
? Once a person has been given a diagnosis, other people tend to look at a person only terms of the label and overlook other explanations.
? By lumping together normal difficulties with true mental illness, the DSM implies that everyday problems are comparable to serious mental disorders.
? In the absence of objective tests to identify mental disorders, the DSM may be a futile attempt to put a scientific veneer onto an inherently subjective processes.
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