At One Time, Abraham Lincoln, William James, News Anchor Mike

question 8

Multiple Choice

At one time, Abraham Lincoln, William James, news anchor Mike Wallace, and author J.K. Rowling each suffered from a mental disorder. Consequently, their examples contradict the myth that ____.

• A) mentally disordered people must have had bad parents
• B) mental illness makes a person useless
• C) mentally disturbed people must have inherited their disorders
• D) mentally disordered people only need to exercise willpower to recover

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