The Liberal Approach to Mental Health and Developmental Disability

question 12

Multiple Choice

The liberal approach to mental health and developmental disability:

• A)views the problem as a lack in social and economic resources and characterized by oppression,domination,and manipulation by professionals and for-profit providers of services.
• B)concerns itself primarily with the individual and his or her "sickness" rather than with the social context in which the person lives.
• C)tends to view mental illness and developmental disability as relating to a combination of individual and social causes.
• D)None of the above

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