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asmith134

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Although most social scientists use the terms mental illness and mental disorder interchangeably, many medical professionals distinguish between the two. How do medical professionals make this distinction?
 
  a. A mental disorder is a condition that makes it difficult or impossible for a person to cope with everyday life.
  b. A mental illness is a condition that makes it difficult or impossible for a person to cope with everyday life.
  c. A mental disorder is a condition that requires extensive treatment with medication, psychotherapy, and sometimes hospitalization.
  d. Mental illness affects large numbers of people while mental disorders only affect a few people.

Question 2

Disability
 
  a. is a restricted ability to perform certain activities due to physical limitations or the interplay of limitations, social responses, and environment.
  b. is an illness that is long term or lifelong and that develops gradually or is present from birth.
  c. is an illness that strikes suddenly and causes dramatic incapacitation and sometimes death.
  d. refers only to mental disorders.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: a. A mental disorder is a condition that makes it difficult or impossible for a person to cope with everyday life.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: a. is a restricted ability to perform certain activities due to physical limitations or the interplay of limitations, social responses, and environment.




asmith134

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Reply 2 on: Jul 2, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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