What was a major reason for the decrease in the number of neurosurgeries for psychiatric disorders performed since the mid-1900s?
a) The government stopped paying for the procedure.
b) Laws prohibited the procedure.
c) Patient rights activists protested the surgery.
d) They came to be viewed as cruel and ineffective.
ANS: D
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