ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR
INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The term “neurosis” is no longer used in a professional diagnostic sense, it having been eliminated from the DSM in 1980 with the publication of DSM III, and having the last remnants of being removed from the ICD with the enacting of the ICD-11 in 2022.
Detailed explanation-2: -DSM-5-TR, like DSM-5, is a manual for assessment and diagnosis of mental disorders and does not include information or guidelines for treatment of any disorder.
Detailed explanation-3: -The decision to eliminate the term neurosis from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III) was one of the more controversial changes of the entire revision.
Detailed explanation-4: -The critique of the DSM-5 has focused on deficits in its utility, reliability, and validity. In addition, often it sets a bar too low, and exposes both vulnerable people and normal ones to the risks of overdiagnosis and of pathologizing normal conditions.