Significant Transformation in the Treatment of Those with Mental Disorders

question 34

Multiple Choice

Significant transformation in the treatment of those with mental disorders occurred as the result of the efforts of figures such as Philippe Pinel and Dorothea Dix. The unifying theme of their efforts was __________.

• A) an insistence on biomedical explanations for mental disorders
• B) the dignity and rights of the mentally disordered
• C) the need to focus on psychological rather than biological contributions
• D) an emphasis on the spiritual dimensions that contributed to mental disorders

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