Which of the following is NOT a criticism of drug therapy?
a. The side effects may be worse than the illnesses they are supposed to cure.
b. Drug therapy leads more people to seek psychotherapy
c. Drugs temporarily relieve symptoms without addressing the real problem.
d. Many drugs are overprescribed, and many patients are overmedicated.
B
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Generally speaking, research has found that creativity tends to peak during a person's early ____ and declines thereafter
a. twenties b. thirties c. forties d. fifties
People who belong to the same category as yourself are called ____
a. outgroup members b. ingroup members c. homogeneous d. heterogeneous
Of 50 women treated for breast cancer in the local cancer unit, 35 of them survived for at least 5 years. For a woman who has just been diagnosed with breast cancer, our best guess is that the probability that she will survive for 5 years is
a. 35/50 = .70 b. 15/35= .43 c. 35/100 = .35 d. we don't have enough information.
What do clinicians have that can increase the reliability and validity of clinical diagnosis?
a. Freud's original writings that are available to review b. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders—IV Text Revision c. The Handbook to Clinical Diagnosis—VI d. computer programs that assess functioning and make the diagnoses