Why Is Direct-To-Consumer Marketing of Diagnostic Tests for Mental Illness

question 4

Multiple Choice

Why is direct-to-consumer marketing of diagnostic tests for mental illness and behavioral problems a dangerous practice?

• A)Because the tests are expensive and not ordered by a health-care provider, they are not covered by insurance.
• B)The tests are not predictive of which psychiatric medications are most likely to be beneficial to a specific individual.
• C)People using such tests may not receive professional counseling for interpretation of results and accurate risk assessment.
• D)These tests are often misused by employers to support the dismissal of employees who express opinions that are different from those of the company.

Recognize the steps involved in the managerial decision-making process and the role of accounting.

Grasp the significance of performance evaluation through internal reports post-decision-making.

Understand the methodologies and importance of capital budgeting techniques in investment decisions.

Identify the differences and intersections between social psychology and other psychological and social sciences (e.g., cognitive psychology, clinical psychology, anthropology, sociology, political science).

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Definitions:

Utility Function

A representation in economics of how a consumer ranks different bundles of goods according to their level of satisfaction or happiness.

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Tapes

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Cobb-Douglas

A form of production function used in economics to represent the relationship between two or more inputs (typically labor and capital) and the output.