Behavioral pharmacology is considered to be in a state of crisis because:
A)pharmaceutical companies have reduced their budget for research and development.
B)the usefulness of antianxiety drugs has been the subject of intense scrutiny.
C)drugs that have been developed for Alzheimer's disease have not been very successful.
D)there have been no fundamentally new drugs developed in nearly 30 years that effectively treat mental illness.

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Behavioral pharmacology is considered to be in a state of crisis because there have been no fundamentally new drugs developed in nearly 30 years that effectively treat mental illness. This has led to a stagnation in the field and a need for more innovative approaches to treating mental illness.

Behavioral Pharmacology Is Considered to Be in a State of Crisis