The mother of a client newly diagnosed with schizophrenia is a nurse. She unhappily tells the nurse on the unit, "I've tried to be a good mother, but my daughter still developed schizophrenia
When I was in school, we were taught that it was the mother's fault if a child became schizo-phrenic. I wish I knew what I did wrong." The response that would help the mother evaluate models explaining schizophrenia would be:
1. "I can see how you would be upset over this turn of events."
2. "New findings suggest this disorder is biologic in nature."
3. "Don't be so hard on yourself; your daughter needs you to be strong."
4. "It's difficult to see that double-bind communication produces stress for the child at the time it's occurring."
ANS: 2
Many individuals in the mental health field attribute the development of schizophrenia to multi-ple causes centering on biologic theories. Options 1, 3, and 4 do little to provide the mother with new information.
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