DSM-IV calls for categorical judgments about the diagnosis for personality disorders. Imagine that the new DSM-V appears just as you earn your professional license in a few years, and it calls for dimensional determinations, as many current psychologists suggest. This change would mean
a. deciding whether to reject the personality disorder diagnosis.
b. deciding whether another diagnosis is more appropriate.
c. differential diagnosis.
d. determining the severity of the personality disorder.
Ans: d. determining the severity of the personality disorder.
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