Treatment: Efficacy vs. Cost
What will be an ideal response?
In general ...
Antipsychotic drugs effective for 50% to 60%
Atypicals help many who don't respond to conventional
May take several months to observe effects
Side effects may be distressing ... relapse rates high
Relatively expensive
Despite this ...
Drug therapy generally described as "useful" to "good"
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d. Your job satisfaction influences your job performance.
Psychology is best defined as the
A. search for the most successful treatment for people with emotional, cognitive, or neurological disorders. B. use of scientific methods to study the elements of human consciousness. C. study of the human experience from birth to old age. D. science that studies behavior and mental processes and applies that study to improve human welfare.
In children, epilepsy may be improved by a diet that is high in _________ and low in _________.
A. fat; carbohydrates B. protein; fat C. carbohydrates; fat D. fat; protein
The major difference between the features of an acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress
disorder is the emphasis on ______ . a. abreaction c. length of persistence of the symptoms b. hallucinations d. compulsions