A follow-up study by Wiersma and colleagues (1998) reported that about ____ percent of individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia had continued impairment with no recovery after the first episode.
a. 11 c. 21
b. 16 d. 26
Question 2After John W. Hinckley, Jr. was acquitted of attempting to assassinate President Reagan on the basis of his plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, ____.
a. Congress passed the Insanity Defense Reform Act of 1984, which based the definition of insanity totally on the individual's ability to understand his or her actions
b. the American Law Institute wrote the Model Penal Code, which shifted the burden of determining criminal responsibility from experts to the jury
c. the American Law Institute amended its Model Penal Code to include the concept of diminished capacity
d. the federal courts amended the insanity laws to place a greater burden on the defendant to prove insanity in assassination cases that involve political figures
Question 3Which factor is associated with the best chances for recovering from schizophrenia?
a. Being male
b. Being single
c. Higher educational attainment
d. Having a poorpremorbid functioning
Question 4When lawyers for a woman who was accused of killing a neighbor focused on her mental state upon learning that the neighbor had, himself, raped and murdered her three year-old daughter, they were invoking _____.
a. involuntary commitment c. diminished capacity
b. incompetence to stand trial d. least restrictive environment
Question 5Long-term follow-up studies investigating recovery from schizophrenia have found that ____.
a. very few people recover from schizophrenia
b. patients must remain on medications their entire lives to survive
c. the majority of patientsimprove over time
d. over half of patientsdemonstrate complete recovery
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