One criticism of the dsm that is noted by your authors is that it adheres to model, which means that a person is seen as either having a mental disorder, or not having a mental disorder. there is little or no allowance for "degrees" of a disorder.
Below are the choices that can be found elsewhere:
A) dimensional B) categorical C) diathesis D) sociological
The answer is B categorical.
One criticism of the DSM noted by your author is that it adheres to a categorical model, which means that a person is seen as either having a mental disorder, or not having a mental disorder. There is little or no allowance for “degrees” of a disorder.
