The current emphasis on using brain imaging procedures with patients suffering from schizophrenia is based on the belief that such procedures
a. can assist with diagnosis.
b. might help identify the neuropathology that causes schizophrenia.
c. allow us to determine which medication will be of greatest benefit to the patients.
d. will show that schizophrenia is actually a form of split personality.
Answer: b.
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