Donna was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1995 and has managed to live with her family most of the time since her diagnosis because she has consistently taken antipsychotic medications, with only a few short stays in a psychiatric hospital. However, those who lived with schizophrenia before the development of antipsychotics __________.

A) could not be treated in hospitals
B) spent most of their lives either in a catatonic state or in a highly agitated state
C) were abandoned by their family and friends
D) spent most of their lives in mental hospitals

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Johnny Charlestin · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : D, Explanation :  Before the development of antipsychotics, individuals with schizophrenia often spent most of their lives in mental hospitals. There were few effective treatments available, and so hospitals were often overcrowded with individuals who had no hope of successful treatment or recovery outside of an institution.

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