Dylan is a psychiatrist who feels strongly that psychological disorders are caused by chemical imbalances in the brain or other brain abnormalities. Dylan works from a _____ perspective of treatment
a) cognitive
b) behavioral
c) psychoanalytic
d) biomedical
Answer: d
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