A major goal of modern inpatient psychiatric treatment is:
A) keeping people with mental illness out of the community for as long as possible.
B) permanently curing mental illness.
C) quickly returning patients to society as soon as possible.
D) punishing the criminally insane.
Answer: C
Rationale: Inpatient treatment for mental illness is now geared more toward protecting the individual patient from harm, and providing as quick a return to society as possible.
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