Roughly how many prison and jail inmates with significant mental health problems receive the treatment that the courts have mandated for them?

What will be an ideal response?


Key terms and concepts that may be included in student responses:
? About one third of prison and jail inmates with significant mental health problems receive treatment while incarcerated, according to federal statistics.

Psychology

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Approaches to reducing juvenile delinquency that focus on various social systems include all but which of the following?

a. family therapy approaches b. school-based strategies c. neighborhood-based programs d. emphasize psychoanalytic techniques

Psychology

Which statement concerning Huntington's is true?

a. It typically strikes in adolescence. b. It disrupts the nervous system. c. It is a sex-linked trait. d. It is best classified as a chromosome abnormality.

Psychology

An innate physiological pattern that opposes your body's fight-or-flight mechanisms is known as

a. a mantra. b. the relaxation response. c. the basic suggestion effect. d. sensory deprivation.

Psychology

Insulin can contribute to the feeling of hunger by ____.?

a. ?causing less leptin to be secreted b. ?decreasing the amount of CCK in our body c. ?facilitating the removal of glucose from our bloodstream d. ?stimulating the release of neuropeptide Y

Psychology