Shondra is in fourth grade and has been having trouble sitting still and remaining focused on her schoolwork. her teacher speaks with her parents about this, and suggests they see a clinician for an assessment. what is one problem with the dsm system that would make her parents reluctant to send her for an assessment?

The diagnosis would become a label that would stickwith Shondra.

Explanation:

MSD is a diagnostic and statistical system for classifying mental disorders according to the categorical model, intended for clinical practice and research in psychiatry.

Shondra's parents may be concerned that using the DMS system might label their daughter as mentally ill. They fear that this label will accompany their daughter throughout her life and that she suffers prejudice and judgment from society because of it.

"social stratification refers to the way people are ranked and ordered in society. in western societies, stratification is primarily seen and understood as a result of socioeconomic status, which produces a hierarchy in which access to resources, and possession of them, increases from the lower to the upper strata"