Throughout Much of the Twentieth Century, Long-Term Institutionalized Mental Patients

question 193

Multiple Choice

Throughout much of the twentieth century, long-term institutionalized mental patients developed additional symptoms as a result of their institutionalization. The most common pattern of decline was:

• A) psychosis.
• B) schizophrenia.
• C) social breakdown syndrome.
• D) neuroleptic malignant syndrome.

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