A client admitted to the psychiatric unit refuses to take any medications. The patient is mad at the healthcare team because the client does not believe that a physical cause exists for mental illness
The nurse notes in the textbook on the unit that mental illness is not accepted in all cultures as a consequence of biological disease. The belief that chemical changes in the brain can cause mental disorders is a relatively new concept for many cultures. What is most likely the belief that this client has about the mental disorder diagnosis? A) Disgrace to the individual and to the family
B) Occurs as result of poverty
C) Results from stressful lifestyle
D) Inherited as a result of genetic disorder
A
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Some cultures consider mental disorders a disgrace to the individual and family. Poverty, stressful lifestyle, and genetic disorders are not the reasons for mental illness in other cultures.
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