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A potential benefit of using standardized assessments as part of the diagnosis of substance abuse disorders is that it provides the clinician the opportunity to compare results with a normative group.
 
  a. True
  b. False

Question 2

According to the chapter, affect on a mental status exam may be described as:
 
  a. flat, labile, blunted, restricted.
  b. rumination, word salad, tangential, blocking.
  c. calculation, abstraction, knowledge, construction.
  d. None of the above.



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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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