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biggirl4568

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_____ is a psychotic condition characterized by disturbances of language and communication, thought, perception, affect, and behavior and lasting longer than six months.
 
  A) Schizophrenia
 B) Down syndrome
 C) Hydrocephalus
 D) Huntington's disease

Question 2

All of the following are steps to becoming labeled mentally ill except:
 
  A) a person displaying strange, deviant behaviors.
 B) a family or community no longer tolerating a person's behavior.
 C)the mental health professionals believing in the medical model and assigning a mental illness label to a person.
 D) a person self-administering psychotropic drugs.



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Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

D



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