Thomas Szasz believes that mental health problems are most often caused by:

a. developmental traumas experienced during early childhood
b. biological and genetic factors
c. problems of living and social stress
d social learning, or behaviors learned from those in the immediate environment


ANS: c

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A) ?True B) ?False

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