The nurse is teaching staff at a community mental health clinic about what constitutes a mental disorder. Which comment by staff indicates to the nurse the need for further teaching?
1. "Experiencing distressful symptoms may imply a mental disorder."
2. "Experiencing pain and suffering may imply a mental disorder."
3. "Being unable to function in everyday life is consistent with a mental disorder."
4. "Grieving after a loss may signal a mental disorder."
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Rationale: A mental disorder is a psychological group of symptoms in which an individual experiences distress, or impairment in one or more areas of functioning, or a significant increased risk of suffering, pain, loss of freedom, or death. Grieving after a loss is a normal grief response and does not constitute a mental disorder.
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