How would a nurse best complete the new DSM-5 definition of a mental disorder? "A health condition characterized by significant dysfunction in an individual's cognitions, or behaviors that reflects a disturbance in the
1. psychosocial, biological, or developmental process underlying mental functioning."
2. psychological, cognitive, or developmental process underlying mental functioning."
3. psychological, biological, or developmental process underlying mental functioning."
4. psychological, biological, or psychosocial process underlying mental functioning."
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Rationale: "A health condition characterized by significant dysfunction in an individual's cognitions, or behaviors that reflects a disturbance in the psychological, biological, or developmental process underlying mental functioning", is the new DSM 5 definition of a mental disorder.
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