Wakefield's (1992)concept of "harmful dysfunction" ______.
A) provides criteria for differentiating normal from abnormal behavior
B) requires all mental disorders to have an underlying biological cause
C) asserts that genetic and biological factors play a greater role in psychopathology than social-cultural factors
D) assumes that a biological or medical cause of a person's psychopathology has been ruled out before a psychiatric diagnosis is assigned

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Wakefield's concept of "harmful dysfunction" provides criteria for differentiating normal from abnormal behavior by defining dysfunction as a failure of a mental mechanism to perform its natural function, leading to harm to the individual or others. This does not necessarily require an underlying biological cause, nor does it assume that a biological or medical cause has been ruled out before a psychiatric diagnosis is assigned. It also does not assert that genetic or biological factors play a greater role in psychopathology than social-cultural factors.

Wakefield's (1992)concept of "Harmful Dysfunction" ______