The number of patients in mental hospitals in the United States has decreased since the 1950s primarily as a result of
a. psychosurgery.
b. improvement in psychotherapeutic techniques.
c. drug therapies.
d. electroconvulsive therapy.
Answer: c. drug therapies.
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