The professional counselor and the diagnostic process ...

Even though the most recent editions of the DSM do include the “Outline for Cultural Formulation and a Glossary of Culture Bound-Syndromes” (Appendix II; APA, 1994; 2000), a growing body of literature suggests that diagnoses based on DSM criteria are particularly inaccurate for clients from “underrepresented and marginalized groups ... ................
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