It is important for psychiatric–mental health nurses to understand the basis of the various religious beliefs of their clients due to which of the following?
A) Clients who are religious always have delusions about their specific religious beliefs.
B) Clients' religious beliefs often influence their approach to mental health care and mental illness.
C) Religion is an important tool to use to get the patient to be compliant with psychiatric medications.
D) Psychiatric–mental health nurses have their own strong religious beliefs that may interfere with those of their clients.
Ans: B
Clients' religious beliefs, which are part of their culture, often do influence their views of mental health care and mental illness. The other options are not always true.
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