The revised third and fourth editions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) offer an improvement over earlier psychiatric classifications. Their major advantage is that they
a. Identify mental illness as a disease
b. Deal with predisposing factors
c. Confirm and support the nosologic system
d. Present an all-inclusive classification system
e. Present a multiaxial classification system
Answer: e. Present a multiaxial classification system
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