Critics of deinstitutionalization complain that contemporary public mental hospitals are like

a. country clubs, high in cost and providing too many amenities.
b. warehouses, storing patients away without helping them.
c. maximum-security jails, taking inmates in for life sentences.
d. revolving doors, repeatedly admitting patients and rapidly discharging them. e. "human snakepits," keeping patients in conditions that are deplorable.


d

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a. ?becoming nauseous when smelling garlic b. ?feeling happy when you smell cinnamon c. ?experiencing increased heart rate when it is storming outside d. ?quitting your job because it does not pay enough

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Gonorrhea is transmitted by ____

a. skin to skin contact b. coughing or sneezing (droplet or aerosol) c. contact with blood and body fluids d. mucous membranes coming into contact with each other

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Incest most often occurs between ____

a. mothers and sons c. cousins b. fathers and daughters d. uncles and nieces

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In a multicultural society or on a college campus, students may realize that judgments of good or bad are often made from a certain belief system, such as a religion or a cultural background, so that such judgments actually represent _____

A) dualistic thinking B) a lopsided view C) relativistic thinking D) egocentrism

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