The client's spouse is verbalizing feelings of guilt and asks the cause of the client's mental illness. What is the nurse's correct response?
A) "Mental illness is the result of a brain disorder.".
B) "No one really knows the cause of mental illness.".
C) "Why do you think the mental illness occurred?"
D) "Sometimes people just let their problems make themselves sick.".
A
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