The chapter suggests that treatment of the mentally ill, often through the use of drugs, is an attempt to
a. make the normal more abnormal.
b. validate, enforce, and reinforce the established ways of society.
c. exert ideological social control over deviants.
d. provide treatment to those who are suffering.
Answer: b. validate, enforce, and reinforce the established ways of society.
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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