When the Media Provide Extensive Coverage of Horrific Murder Cases

question 31

Multiple Choice

When the media provide extensive coverage of horrific murder cases and vividly describe multiple homicides by people with severe psychological problems, this may contribute to:

• A) the misconception that people with mental disorders are more violent than those without the disorders.
• B) the conclusion that many more people have mental disorders than actually suffer from them.
• C) an underestimation of the difficulty of the task of correctly diagnosing people with mental disorders.
• D) the reification of mental disorders.

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