supporting evidence for 4 d's

Question 1

what is a weakness of the 4 d’s

Answer 1

subjective interpretation, diagnosis based off the 4’ds is subjective. for example what one clinician may belive as deviance - talking to yourself- anouther may not and so paitent may not be diagnosed with a mental health disorder

Question 2

what is anouther weakness of the 4 d’s

Answer 2

social control
by asignng and indivdual with the 4’ds such as danger you are exhibiting social controll and labelling an individual that may have negative conntations in society

Question 3

what is a strength of the 4’d

Answer 3

can aid in diagnosis
the four d’s are criteria that need to be met inorder to provide a diagnosis for mhd. the use of the four d’s can help the clincian diagnose the individual with a mhd and simplify the diagnosis practice allowing it to be more accurate