A Key Factor Motivating Passage of the Community Mental Health

question 3

Multiple Choice

A key factor motivating passage of the Community Mental Health Centers Act in 1963 was that mentally ill individuals had been:

• A) hospitalized only if they demonstrated violent behavior.
• B) geographically isolated from family and community.
• C) discharged before receiving adequate treatment.
• D) used as subjects in pharmacologic research.

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Definitions:

Population Parameter

A numerical value that represents a characteristic or measure of an entire population.

Population Standard Error

A measure of how much the sample mean of a population is likely to vary from the true population mean.

Confidence Interval

An array of values, sourced from statistical analysis of a sample, believed to cover the value of an unspecified population parameter.

Mean

The average of a set of numerical values, calculated by adding all the figures together and then dividing by the number of values.