Why are there many fewer patients in mental hospitals today than there were in
1960?
(a) because of better education to teach people good mental health practices
(b) because the criteria for diagnosis are much stricter in DSM-IV than in
DSM-I
(c) because we now know the proper techniques of therapies such as
systematic desensitization to cure serious mental illnesses
(d) because some serious mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia, can be
treated by drugs
(e) all of the above
D
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