The medical model of mental illness assumes all of the following EXCEPT that

A. objectively measurable conditions define mental illness.
B. mental illness stems largely or solely from something within individual psychology or biology.
C. mental illness is influenced by social factors.
D. mental illness will worsen if left untreated.
E. treatment of mental illness is rarely harmful to the patient.  


Answer: C

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