The evidence from the text supports the idea that "Psychiatrists knew their secrets were being exposed and were trying to do 'damage control' to repair their image." The profuse apologies from the psychiatrists suggest an awareness of their erroneous diagnosis and a desire to mitigate the negative impact of the revelations about their practices.
The psychiatrists who had erroneously diagnosed her as insane offered profuse apologies, even as the remaining stories were widely syndicated across the nation.
Use the excerpt from the “How Nellie Bly went undercover to expose abuse of the mentally ill” article to answer the question.
Which of the following ideas does this evidence from the text support?
Psychiatrists did not care about their patients and found them to be a nuisance.
Psychiatrists knew their secrets were being exposed and were trying to do “damage control” to repair their image.
Psychiatrists were overwhelmed with patients and could not conduct their practice thoroughly.
Psychiatrists were trying to stop information about their practice at the asylum from reaching the public.
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