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The impact of the current shift in classification in the DSM-5 is increased precision. This means that
 
  a. the new organizational structure for these disorders reflects a major shift in our understanding of the causes of these disorders.
  b. dramatic improvement in the efficacy of treatment methods aimed at specific types of disorder is now possible.
  c. arguments about the relative merits of lumping and splitting in the classification of mental disorders are all now moot.
  d. the essential features and diagnostic boundaries of these conditions have been clarified.

Question 2

During the first half of the twentieth century, psychiatrists tended to adopt a generalized position with regard to anxiety disorder. In other words they
 
  a. lumped together the various anxiety disorders.
  b. only defined generalized anxiety disorder.
  c. focused on an integrated and unified definition of anxiety.
  d. defined anxiety only in psychotic disorders.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: d.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: a.



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