A 27-year-old client was diagnosed 5 years ago with schizophrenia. What course of treatment should the nurse expect to be implemented?
A. Eventual admission for long-term care in a psychiatric facility
B. Community-based care with numerous brief hospitalizations
C. Case management in the community with few relapses
D. Occasional contact with outpatient counselors and psychiatrists
B
Community-based care is the standard of treatment that followed the deinstitutionalization movement. Schizophrenia is a chronic disease that includes both exacerbations and remissions in the course of the illness, leading to numerous brief hospitalizations.
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