What Was the Dominant Way of Treating People with Schizophrenia

question 103

Multiple Choice

What was the dominant way of treating people with schizophrenia during the first half of the twentieth century?

• A) institutionalization
• B) outpatient services
• C) individual psychotherapy
• D) treatment with neuroleptic drugs

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Definitions:

Philosophy

The study of fundamental questions about existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language.

Operant Conditioning

An approach to learning where behavioral potency is changed through the implementation of incentives or consequences.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process in which two stimuli are repeatedly paired; a response that is initially elicited by the second stimulus is eventually elicited by the first stimulus alone.

Contingency Management

A behavior modification technique that involves changing behavior by modifying the consequences, typically through rewards or punishments, that follow that behavior.