Research Evaluating the Effectiveness of Various Approaches to Treating Postpartum

question 156

Multiple Choice

Research evaluating the effectiveness of various approaches to treating postpartum psychosis is lacking. All of the following are potential reasons for this EXCEPT:

• A) finding a sufficient number of research participants is difficult because there are very few instances of the disorder to begin with.
• B) the appropriate tools for measuring the efficacy of different treatment approaches have yet to be developed.
• C) there are very few funding opportunities to support research investigating the efficacy of different treatment approaches.
• D) there are significant ethical concerns related to the various research models proposed to study treatment effectiveness.

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