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The DSM-IV Incorporated the Criterion of Clinical Significance in Order

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The DSM-IV incorporated the criterion of clinical significance in order to help address which of the following issues?


A) Diagnoses of mental disorders often carried severe social stigmas that caused further psychological harm.
B) Many behavior patterns were diagnosable as mental disorders only because they were socially undesirable.
C) Clinicians were able to diagnose mental disorders even when some diagnostic criteria were not satisfied.
D) Diagnostic criteria were often used to identify patterns of unusual but harmless behavior as evidence of mental disorders.

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