Question

Which of the following is accurate? Select one: a. Mental health diagnosis using DSM-5 is based on identifying the causes of mental illness rather than the characteristic signs and symptoms. b. Symptoms are observable by clinicians, whereas signs are reported by clients. c. Signs and symptoms are identified through medical testing. d. Signs are observable by clinicians, whereas symptoms are reported by clients.

Answer 1

Answer:

d. Signs are observable by clinicians, whereas symptoms are reported by clients.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

d. Signs are observable by clinicians, whereas symptoms are reported by clients.

Explanation:

A symptom is any subjective evidence of a disease, while sign is an objective evidence of a disease. Hence, symptom is a phenomena that is experienced by the individual affected by the disease while a sign is a phenomena that can be detected by someone other than the individual affected by the disease.

In short, symptoms are what patient tells and signs are what the clinician infers.

For example : Anxiety , pain , fatigue are symptoms while a bloody nose is a sisn of injured blood vessels in the nose that can be detected by a doctor , a nurse, or another observer.

Hence option d. Signs are observable by clinicians, whereas symptoms are reported by clients. is the right option.