Why did many psychiatric patients have impaired social interaction, decision-making skills, and life skills when they were discharged from the large state mental hospitals?
a. They had families who had not socialized them appropriately.
b. They heard nurses tell them too often that they were incompetent and incapable.
c. They lacked the ability to learn how to behave in front of others.
d. They were accustomed to having needs met and decisions made by the institution.
ANS: D
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