The Medical Models of Abnormal Behavior

question 47

Multiple Choice

The medical models of abnormal behavior

• A) developed prior to the 18th century.
• B) have eliminated the social stigma of having a mental illness.
• C) became the dominant way of thinking during the 19th and 20th centuries.
• D) All of the above are true.

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