With respect to biological treatments for mental illness, invasive is to noninvasive as ______ is to ______.

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Invasive procedures involve physically penetrating the body, such as surgically implanting electrodes for deep brain stimulation or performing a frontal lobotomy. Noninvasive procedures do not physically penetrate the body, such as using transcranial magnetic stimulation or electroconvulsive therapy. Therefore, the best choice for the opposite of invasive is noninvasive, and the best matches in the answer choices are B: electroconvulsive therapy is noninvasive, and transcranial magnetic stimulation is also noninvasive.

With Respect to Biological Treatments for Mental Illness, Invasive Is