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wenmo

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When Kenneth Donaldson sued a Florida state mental hospital for failing to provide treatment
   for him during 14 years of confinement, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the state
   has ______.
 
  a. a right to involuntarily confine a person for mental illness even if that person poses no
   danger and could safely survive in the community
   b. a right to involuntarily confine a person in a mental hospital if the person is dangerous,
   even if that person is not mentally ill
   c. no right to involuntarily confine a person who is dangerous unless the person is proven to
   be mentally ill
   d. no right to confine a person for mental illness unless that person poses a clear and
   present danger or cannot safely survive in freedom

Question 2

Antipsychotic drugs block ______ receptors in the brain.
 
  a. epinephrine
  b. testosterone
  c. white blood cells
  d. dopamine



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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

D



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