The Two Categories (I

The two categories (i.e., substance abuse and substance dependence) were collapsed into one (i.e., substance use disorder) in DSM-5 because:

A) There is a quantitative severity distinction rather than qualitative distinction between substance dependence and abuse, so they should be on a continuum.
B) They argue that the legal problems criterion is a poor discriminator of substance problem severity.
C) The substance use disorder symptoms are best representative of moderate pathology and does not help distinguish mild and severe pathology.
D) All of the above.

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