Disadvantages Of Classifying Mental Disorder Research Paper

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The disadvantage of not classifying mental disorder is that many of the symptoms blend together sometimes leaving the diagnosis to mimic each others. If there is no guide lines set out one could miss information concerning a diagnoses, for example delirium, dementia, and vascular dementia have common characteristic which can be misleading in a diagnosis. They all have a common thread running through them but or very much different in themselves. They all work against the cognitive impairment and memory. If misdiagnosed the wrong medicine could be harmful to the person or even fatal in some cases. Yet another disadvantage is that I need to know if the disorder is hormonal, chemical, or neurological. One has to be sure that they fit into the