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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
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Can I exclude the repetition without loosing the meaning
Can I exclude "disorders" without loosing the meaning of the sentence?
"I gained an understanding of the Diagnostic and Staticial Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) including the diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia, depression, eating (disorders), anxiety (disorders) and personality disorders"
"I gained an understanding of the Diagnostic and Staticial Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) including the diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia, depression, eating (disorders), anxiety (disorders) and personality disorders"
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). Likewise we all have personalities so you need to keep the word disorder afterwards.
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- Likewise we all have personalities so you need to keep the word disorder afterwards.
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I think you could probably lose it after anxiety but you need to keep it after eating - as diagnostic criteria for eating really does not make sense (we all eat, nothing wrong with that!). Likewise we all have personalities so you need to keep the word disorder afterwards.
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From reading The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), I learned about the diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia, depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and personality disorders.
note: The correct word for the s
From reading The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), I learned about the diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia, depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and personality disorders.
note: The correct word for the s
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