Which of the Following Statements About Mental Institutions Is NOT

question 13

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about mental institutions is NOT true, from a labeling perspective?

• A)Mental hospitals are efficient in desocializing patients.
• B)Mental hospitals enhance the psychological well-being of patients.
• C)Mental hospitals facilitate patients' participation in acts of secondary deviance.
• D)Mental hospitals control all aspects of the lives of the patients who reside within them.
• E)Mental hospitals essentially kill off the selves people bring into the institution.

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