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It was a vastly different manual. Centered descriptive criteria, removed etiological theory, presented psychiatry in a medical model, and emphasize follow-up and family histories.
Attempted to remove all evidence of earlier psychodynamic explanations for disorders and framed diagnostic categories according to symptom clusters and patterns.
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A clinical psychologist who began practicing in the 1970s noted a significant shift in their diagnostic approach after 1980. Compared to the manual they used previously, the new manual required them to consider a much wider range of specific criteria and distinct conditions. Which of the following changes, introduced in the 1980 edition of the diagnostic manual, best accounts for this shift in their clinical practice?
Consequences of Expanded Diagnostic Criteria