Emile is trying to develop a new way of organizing and thinking about mental disorders. He decides he will have two broad categories that deal with either mood or cognition, and cross those with two other broad categories indicating whether or not the person has dysfunction that is mild or severe. This will create four possible categories for disorders to fall in. Emile is working on a(n) ____ system for mental disorders.

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Emile is creating a classification system because he is organizing mental disorders into distinct categories based on specific criteria (mood vs. cognition and mild vs. severe dysfunction).

Emile Is Trying to Develop a New Way of Organizing