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Which of the following statements best describes modern Electroconvulsive therapy treatments?

Some argue that alcohol in moderate amounts has positive health benefits. What does your textbook conclude about this claim based on research from 195 countries?

What is the primary goal of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)?  

Research suggests that blunted activation of which brain structure during cognitive tasks predicts the onset of PTSD symptoms?

Which personality factor, higher in women, might help explain the higher rates of anxiety disorders in women compared to men?

Among people who experience traumatic events, women are 1.5 to 2 times more likely than men to develop PTSD. What does your textbook argue explains this increased risk in women?

In those with Persistent Depressive Disorder, chronic depressive symptoms last for _________ on average.

Major depressive disorder is considered a(n)  

What is the role of psychoeducation in the treatment of Bipolar Disorder?

Mary and Chaz have a 15-month-old daughter, Abigail. They wanted to go out for date night, so they asked their neighbor, an 18-year-old female named Barbara, to babysit Abigail for the evening. Two years ago, when she was age 16, Barbara was charged with assault, but Mary and Chaz did not know that. At 10:00 pm, after being gone for four hours, Mary and Chaz came home and found Barbara watching TV while Abigail, who had wreaked havoc throughout their apartment (strewing cereal from a box, dirt from some potted plants, and toys from her room), was now sitting in the kitchen with a couple spilt juice cups and drinking dishwasher soap from a cabinet she reached by climbing up using three chairs she had stacked atop one another.  Mary and Chaz immediately called poison control, and Abigail had to be taken to the hospital for emergency surgery, costing tens of thousands of dollars. Mary and Chaz decided to take Barbara to court, claiming over $35,000 in damages. Would Mary and Chaz likely win this case, and what type of case is this?