Author Question: Which of the following is a reason for historically high prevalence rates of schizophrenia in the ... (Read 55 times)

@Brianna17 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Which of the following is a reason for historically high prevalence rates of schizophrenia in the U.S.?

a) Doctors got paid more for diagnosing schizophrenia
b) Doctors tended to diagnose schizophrenia whenever hallucinations or delusions were present
c) Doctors wanted to be able to hospitalize their patients and that's the easiest diagnosis for hospitalization
d) All of the above are correct

Question 2

The assessment of intellectual functioning and related processes in patients who have experience trauma (e.g., stroke) and as result, lack communication abilities is a major problem facing clinicians.

One solution to this problem is the use of ____________ to examine cognitive functioning.

a) cognitive event-related potentials
b) non language-based tools
c) magnetic resonance imaging
d) computed tomography