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- Providing appropriate and specific names and classifications for abnormal behavior has presented a major challenge to psychologists.
- One standard system has emerged in the United States; most professionals use it to diagnose and classify abnormal behavior.
- The classification system is known as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ,Fourth Edition ,(DSM-IV).
- DSM-IV presents comprehensive and relatively precise definitions for more than 200 disorders.
- DSM-IV is designed to be primarily descriptive and avoids suggesting an underlying cause.
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