One Difficulty in Determining Whether to Administer Psychological Treatment to a Disturbed

question 82

Multiple Choice

One difficulty in determining whether to administer psychological treatment to a disturbed patient who objects to being treated is that

• A) the drugs that are given to mental patients merely sedate them without increasing their chance of returning to society.
• B) many people who need treatment the most are likely to refuse it.
• C) the only way to treat patients successfully is to confine them to a mental hospital.
• D) legally, patients have no right to refuse treatment.

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