You Are Watching a Movie About a Mental Hospital

question 132

Multiple Choice

You are watching a movie about a mental hospital. In one scene two mental health professionals are talking about a patient. One of them asks about the patient's prognosis. The response to this question will deal with the patient's

• A) diagnosis.
• B) predicted course.
• C) premorbid history.
• D) developmental norm.

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Standard Deviation

A determination of the magnitude of variation or dispersion among values in a set.

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