Many prevention programs in the field of mental health face an insurmountable obstacle in the field's

a. unwillingness to spend money on prevention programs.
b. lack of a specific understanding of the cause of most mental disorders.
c. control by one group of theorists who do not believe in prevention.
d. inability to make a decision as to which mental illness to target first.

Answer: b.

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Given the results of Hill and Lynch's (1983), research, which gender identification would you expect?

a. Amber, grade 6, would be most intense with her gender identification of "feminism" this year over any other, including in the future. b. Jason, grade 8, would be less likely to prescribe to masculinity than he had in the past. c. Logan, grade 6, would be most intense with his gender identification of "masculinity" this year over any other, including in the future. d. Amelia, grade 8, would be most strongly identified with the "feminine" this year than she had in years past.

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