The nurse is presenting a poster at a workshop and includes information from a new emerging area of medicine called psychobiologic disorders. The nurse is most correct to state that this area links which of the following?
A) Neurons and neurotransmitters
B) Oxygen and blood flow
C) Mind and body
D) Emotions and brain chemistry
C
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Psychobiologic disorders are an area which links the mind and the body. Psychobiologic disorders present conditions in which evidence confirms a connection between abnormalities in the brain and altered cognition, perception, emotion, behavior, and socialization.
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