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clmills979

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Violence in discharged mental patients is usually attributable to:
 
  a) The natural tendency of most mental patients to be violent
  b) Their failure to take their medication
  c) Environmental conditions that elicited and set the stage for violence
  d) A predictable personality structure characterized by high impulsivity and low harm avoidance

Question 2

Which of the following psychiatric patients is most likely to be violent?
 
  a) Tom, who has paranoid schizophrenia and regularly takes his medication
  b) Bill, who has schizoaffective disorder and regularly smokes crack
  c) Joe, who has schizoaffective disorder and three prior arrests for petit larceny
  d) Sam, who has paranoid schizophrenia and regularly smokes cigarettes



aruss1303

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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

This is great. Thanks



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