Prior to the Mid-1950s, the Principal Option for Treating Schizophrenia

question 136

Multiple Choice

Prior to the mid-1950s, the principal option for treating schizophrenia was __________.

• A) to administer drugs like Largactil or Haldol
• B) to administer CNS stimulants like cocaine
• C) to sedate patients with drugs like barbiturates
• D) to allow schizophrenics to heal themselves

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Definitions:

Sensory Evidence

Information obtained through the senses, which form the basis of empirical knowledge and understanding of the environment.

Innate Ideas

Concepts that are purportedly present in the mind from birth, rather than acquired through experience or learning.

Inscrutable

Something that is impossible to understand or interpret; incomprehensible.

Quine

Willard Van Orman Quine was an American philosopher and logician known for his work in logic, language, epistemology, and philosophy of science.