Asked by Bui Diem Hang (K13_HN) on May 07, 2024
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All of the following statements about treatment of psychological disorders are correct except:
A) There are commercial pressures that favor a bioscience approach to mental disorders.
B) Mental health practices in North America are very ethnocentric.
C) A reductionist biomedical mindset commonly ignores cultural factors in mental disorders.
D) Mental disorders are always caused by a combination of cultural and biological factors.
Ethnocentric
The belief in the inherent superiority of one's own ethnic group or culture, often at the expense of understanding or respecting other cultures.
Bioscience Approach
A method of studying biological processes and organisms through rigorous scientific inquiry and experimentation.
Biomedical Mindset
An approach to health and illness focusing on biological factors, often at the expense of psychological or social dimensions.
- Understand the influence of cultural and biological factors on mental disorders.
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Learning Objectives
- Understand the influence of cultural and biological factors on mental disorders.
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