According to Goffman, persons who are treated in large mental hospitals typically experience a change in their self-concept, eventually identifying as a “mental patient.” This is called

A. cure.
B. remission.
C. recurrence.
D. mortification.
E. deinstitutionalization.


Answer: D

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