The Solarists are a cult whose members believe that they control the movements of the sun with special hand gestures. What would the DSM-IV say about this group?
A) The group suffers from Shared Delusion Psychosis.
B) Because a group of persons share a belief, however strange, the group must be considered emotionally healthy.
C) While some of this group's individual members may meet criteria for a DSM-IV diagnosis, the DSM-IV does not diagnose groups.
D) The group is diagnosable because it is a cult.

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The DSM-IV is a manual for diagnosing mental disorders in individuals, not groups. While individual members of the group may have diagnosable conditions, the DSM-IV does not diagnose groups as a whole.

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