When meeting with a client for the first time, the psychiatric–mental health nurse applying psychobiological principles is most likely to make which of the following statements?

Question

1. "Your abnormal behavior is directly related to living in an unsupportive environment."
2. "You have a brain lesion and can expect to be hospitalized many times over the course of your life."
3. "We are thoroughly assessing your symptoms because an accurate diagnosis is the basis of your treatment."
4. "It is fairly certain that your children will feel stigmatized by their peers."

Answer 1

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Rationale: Individuals with mental disorders have an illness characterized by structural, biochemical, and mental symptoms that can be diagnosed, classified, and labeled. Accurate assessment and diagnosis are required for treatment. The nurse who links environmental cause to symptoms in an initial meeting is not demonstrating knowledge of psychobiologic principles. The course and prognosis of a mental illness must be determined after an accurate diagnosis is made. Psychobiologic explanations of mental disorders often decrease the stigma associated with them.