When asked to explain how psychiatric rehabilitation under the tertiary prevention model differs from the traditional medical model, the nurse's response should stress that the focus of tertiary prevention is on:
a. disease as opposed to the coping continuum.
b. learning to receive treatment in institutional settings.
c. health and wellness and not just symptoms of disease.
d. proper diagnosis and appropriate medications to treat disorders.
C
In traditional medical rehabilitation, the focus is on disease, illness, and symptoms. Psychiatric rehabilitation focuses on wellness and health, not symptoms.
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