When a diagnosis tells the clinician what is likely to happen over the course of the disorder and the likely effect of treatments, the diagnosis has

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Predictive validity refers to the ability of a diagnosis to predict the likely course of the disorder and effectiveness of treatments. Therefore, option B is the correct answer. Construct validity refers to the extent to which a diagnosis measures what it claims to measure and content validity refers to the extent to which a diagnosis represents all aspects of the disorder.

When a Diagnosis Tells the Clinician What Is Likely to Happen