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Dr. Grant is a practicing clinical psychologist who is thinking about using a new treatment for anxiety with patients in his practice. If he is most concerned with how this new treatment works in the real world, Dr. Grant will be most interested in published studies that discuss the treatmentÕs ______.

Compared to the definition of generalized anxiety disorder in DSM-5-TR, the definition of anxiety neurosis in DSM-II ______.

In a(n) ______ design, participants within a single condition are compared to themselves at various points in time.

Some clinical psychologists criticize the DSM, stating some disordersÕ symptoms are difficult to distinguish from normal behavior. This criticism best illustrates the debate surrounding ______.

______ variables are those variables in an experiment that are manipulated by the experimenter.

When a clientÕs preference for type of psychotherapy is honored, it ______.

The DSM has always primarily been authored by ______.

______ refers to the success of a particular therapy in a controlled study conducted with clients who were chosen according to particular study criteria.

Recent editions of the DSM, including DSM-5 and DSM-5-TR, have received numerous criticisms. Which of the following statements is inconsistent with the criticisms discussed in the textbook?

Several researchers have decided to statistically combine the results of many separate studies to create numerical representations of the effects of a new mode of cognitive behavioral therapy. What kind of research will they produce?