An important consideration before undergoing psychosurgery is that

A) the costs may be greater than the actual benefits received.
B) it was hailed as an important medical innovation back in the 1930s and 1940s.
C) it is now illegal to perform this treatment in the United States.
D) it is the least controversial of the biological forms of treatment.


Answer: A

Psychology

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