A person in the community asks, "Why aren't people with mental illness kept in state institutions anymore?" Select the nurse's best response
a. "Less restrictive settings are available now to care for individuals with mental illness."
b. "There are fewer persons with mental illness, so less hospital beds are needed."
c. "Most people with mental illness are still in psychiatric institutions."
d. "Psychiatric institutions violated patients' rights."
ANS: A
The community is a less restrictive alternative than hospitals for treatment of persons with mental illness. The distracters are incorrect and part of the stigma of mental illness.
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