The nurse is teaching the client regarding the concept of mental disorders. In instructing the client, what areas should be covered in the explanation of what impacts the determination of a mental disorder? Standard Text: Select all that apply
1. Social conditions
2. Biochemistry
3. Mother–child interactions
4. Brain structure
5. Culture
1,2,4,5
Rationale: Social conditions. The appropriateness of behavior is judged as plausible or not plausible according to a set of social, ethical, and legal rules that define the limits of appropriate behavior and reality.
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