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Before the 1950s, why did some therapists believe that psychotherapy is unsuccessful in treating schizophrenia?

A) Schizophrenia increases the strength of most ego defense mechanisms.
B) Insurance does not cover psychotherapy for patients diagnosed as schizophrenic.
C) People with schizophrenia are too far removed from reality to form a trusting relationship with the therapist.
D) Excessive dopamine interferes with the process of free association that is requisite to the success of psychotherapy.

Psychotherapy

A therapeutic treatment involving psychological techniques, designed to assist individuals in overcoming difficulties and achieving personal growth.

Schizophrenia

A chronic mental health condition characterized by a disruption in the connection among cognition, emotion, and conduct, resulting in incorrect perceptions, unsuitable behaviors and emotions, detachment from the real world and social connections towards illusion and fantasy, and a feeling of psychological disintegration.

Reality

The state of things as they actually exist, as opposed to an idealistic or notional idea of them.

  • Understand the difficulties and factors involved in managing schizophrenia through psychotherapy and the use of antipsychotic drugs.
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