Which of the Following Statements About Patients with Schizophrenia Are

question 32

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about patients with schizophrenia are true?

• A) The majority of schizophrenic patients before the 1950s spent most of their lives in institutions.
• B) The number of hospitalized patients dropped from 600,000 in the 1950s to about 125,000 in the 1980s.
• C) In the 1980s, the average hospital stay for schizophrenics was about two months.
• D) All of the above.

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Humanistic Approach

An approach in psychology that focuses on examining the entirety of a person and the distinctiveness of everyone's individual experiences.

Strengths

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Reciprocal Determinism

A concept in psychology that suggests individual behavior, environment, and cognition are interlinked and influence each other.