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NguyenJ

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Which of the following statements regarding gender and mental disorders is true?
 
  a. Diagnosable depression typically emerges in adulthood for both males and females.
  b. The rate of diagnosable depression is about twice as high for females compared to that of males.
  c. The rate of diagnosable depression is higher for females than for males during their adolescent years but this rate evens out as both males and females enter adulthood.
  d. The rate of diagnosable depression is higher for males than for females during their adolescent years but this rate evens out as both males and females enter adulthood.

Question 2

Analysts using the social stress framework to examine mental disorders believe that
 
  a. mental disorders cause people to drift downward in class position.
  b. mental disorders are present equally in all classes.
  c. stresses associated with lower-class life lead to greater mental disorders.
  d. racism is a mental disorder.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: b. The rate of diagnosable depression is about twice as high for females compared to that of males.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: c. stresses associated with lower-class life lead to greater mental disorders.



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