Which of the following characterizes the biomedical approach to psychological treatment?
A)It began in the early twenty-first century.
B)It began in the mid-twentieth century.
C)It has replaced psychodynamic and CBT approaches.
D)It has become so expensive that only the very rich can afford it.

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The biomedical approach to psychological treatment began in the mid-twentieth century with the discovery of psychotropic medications such as antipsychotics and antidepressants. It seeks to treat psychological disorders through biological means, such as medication or electroconvulsive therapy. It has not replaced other approaches such as psychodynamic or CBT, but rather is used in conjunction with them. While some medications may be expensive, this is not true for all biomedical treatments and does not make it exclusively available to the very rich.

Which of the Following Characterizes the Biomedical Approach to Psychological