Author Question: ALL BUT WHICH of the following factors played a role in reducing the population of mental hospitals ... (Read 58 times)

evelyn o bentley · **on:** Jun 21, 2018

ALL BUT WHICH of the following factors played a role in reducing the population of mental hospitals after the mid-1950s?

a. a more liberal discharge philosophy
b. the advent of psychotropic drugs, including antipsychotic medications
c. a lack of trained therapists within the hospitals
d. the widespread acceptance/use of the DSM

Question 2

Which of the following is true regarding community mental health centers?

a. The community mental health movement began to fall apart secondary to funding cuts during the Reagan Presidency.
b. The number of community mental health centers is currently on the rise.
c. both of the above
d. neither of the above