Which of the following is an accurate statement with regard to the changes that occurred between DSM-IV-TR and DSM-5?
a. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa were finally acknowledged to be essentially the same condition, and they were both collapsed into a new diagnosis called "Pathological Eating Syndrome."
b. The personality disorders were reduced from 10 individual diagnoses (in 3 clusters) to 5 different conditions (with no clusters).
c. Homosexuality was finally removed from the DSM as a "psychological illness."
d. The mutiaxial format of DSM-IV, which involved 5 different axes in a complete diagnosis, was removed.
Answer: d. The mutiaxial format of DSM-IV, which involved 5 different axes in a complete diagnosis, was removed.
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