The nurse who treats clients with schizophrenia knows that early diagnosis and treatment may reduce chronicity and improve the prognosis. When teaching nursing students about schizophrenia, the nurse tells them that women:
A) Have an earlier onset, better treatment, and more relapses than men.
B) Have more relapses but a higher quality of life with the illness than men.
C) Have better treatment response, later onset, and higher quality of life than men.
D) Have a later onset, better treatment, and more relapses than men.
C
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