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Direct linkMullins-Sweatt, Stephanie N.; Widiger, Thomas A. – Psychological Assessment, 2009
The construction of the American Psychiatric Association's diagnostic manual has been guided primarily by concerns of construct validity rather than of clinical utility, despite claims by its authors that the highest priority has in fact been clinical utility. The purpose of this article was to further articulate the concept and importance of…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Clinical Diagnosis, Therapy, Mental Disorders
