Which Statement About Psychopathology Among Children and Adolescents in the United

question 82

Multiple Choice

Which statement about psychopathology among children and adolescents in the United States is accurate ?

• A) Approximately 22 percent of the children in the United States suffer from a serious emotional or behavioral problem
• B) About two percent of children have serious emotional or behavioral problems, and three-quarters of those children receive treatment.
• C) Nearly one-third of all children and adolescents have a serious emotional or behavioral problem.
• D) Although there are 63 million children with behavioral problems, most of them receive treatment.

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Definitions:

Source

The origin from which something comes, such as information, materials, or energy.

Dominant

Referring to a gene that actively controls the expression of a trait.

Fixated

Having an obsessive focus or attachment to someone or something.

Psychosexual Stage

A concept in Freudian psychoanalytic theory referring to the series of five stages in childhood development, each characterized by the pleasure focus on a different part of the body.