Research Presented in Your Text Indicates That "57% of Mental

question 28

Multiple Choice

Research presented in your text indicates that "57% of mental health patients were treated with medication only, up from 44% just nine years earlier," and your authors note that psychologists have recently been given prescription authority in more states.  It is reasonable to expect, based on these two trends, that__________.

• A) the use of biomedical therapies will remain at the same level in the future
• B) the use of biomedical therapies will decrease in the future
• C) the use of biomedical therapies will increase in the future
• D) the use of alternative therapies will surpass biomedical therapies

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