Rates of mental disorders are
a. higher in the United States than in most other countries, due to superior diagnostic methods
b. higher in the United States than in most other countries, due to higher levels of stress.
c. lower in the United States than in most other countries, due to the stigma attached to mental disorders within the public and medical communities.
d. lower in the United States than in most other countries, due to the higher levels of poverty, war, and stress outside the U.S.
d
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A. Operant conditioning B. Aversion therapy C. Psychoanalysis D. Desensitization
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c. Cognitive therapy aimed at replacing the patient's hedonistic fantasies with day-to-day pleasurable experiences that are truly attainable are a focus of the treatment. d. All of these
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A. a low frequency. B. a short wavelength. C. a very high amplitude. D. no timbre.
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