A nursing student is conducting a clinical conference and is describing the characteristics associated with milieu therapy. Which of the following statements, if made by the student, indi-cates an understanding of the focus of this form of therapy?
1. "Milieu therapy provides a cognitive approach to changing behavior."
2. "A living, learning, or working environment is the focus of milieu therapy."
3. "Milieu therapy provides a behavior modification approach type of therapy."
4. "A behavioral approach to changing behavior is the focus of milieu therapy."
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Rationale: Milieu therapy, or "therapeutic community," has as its focus a living, learning, or working environment. Such therapy may be based on any number of therapeutic modalities, from structured behavioral therapy to spontaneous, humanistically oriented approaches. Although mi-lieu therapy may include behavioral approaches, its primary focus is described in the correct op-tion.
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