A congressperson asks you, as an expert on psychological disorders, how she might reduce the prevalence of schizophrenia among people in her district. You advise her that the best option would be to allocate resources towards
A. removing excess sugar and unneeded additives from food, especially from the school lunches of young people.
B. encouraging young children to play games that develop and strengthen their theory of mind.
C. reducing the rates of childhood poverty and making poor peoples' environments less stressful.
D. encouraging accurate diagnosis and proper medication, if needed, for kids with ADHD.
Answer: C
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Crisis intervention programs are
a. not a useful model of intervention for adolescents b. directed primarily at adolescents who are not ambivalent about ending their lives c. designed to minimize suicidal behaviors in adolescents d. dependent upon the helping agency initiating telephone contact with distressed adolescents e. none of these
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Gazzaniga suggests that we think of the human mind as neither a single nor a dual entity but rather as a
a. confederation of minds. b. consolidation of minds. c. confabulation of minds. d. consequence of minds. e. continuation of minds.