The Development of Phenothiazines and Related Major Tranquilizers Did All

question 53

Multiple Choice

The development of phenothiazines and related major tranquilizers did all of the following EXCEPT

• A) helped formerly institutionalized patients to return to the community.
• B) offered the possibility of reducing psychotic symptoms such as hallucinations.
• C) were regarded as a major scientific breakthrough.
• D) replaced psychological therapies as the most common type of treatment.
• E) made possible the policy of deinstitutionalization.

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