If you had to briefly summarize the results of research on diagnostic reliability of mental disorders, which of the following sentences would do the job?

a. "The reliability has increased with few exceptions."
b. "We should not accept the assumption that the diagnostic categories in DSM-5 are used reliably."
c. "The highest reliability is found for the specific examples of each of the major categories."
d. "There is good reliability for personality disorders but lower reliability for other disorders."


Answer: b.

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