According to a Review of the Empirical Evidence for Bias

question 43

Multiple Choice

According to a review of the empirical evidence for bias in clinical judgment (Garb,1997) ,

• A) Black and Hispanic patients who have psychotic mood disorders are more likely to be misdiagnosed with schizophrenia than are similar White patients.
• B) Black patients are less likely to be prescribed anti-psychotic medications than other racial groups, even when the Black patients are more psychotic.
• C) both of the above
• D) neither of the above

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