The nurse planning care for a client with the dual diagnoses of bipolar disorder and substance abuse
disorder, cocaine,
should consider the fact that the client has increased risk for (more than one
answer may be correct)
A. injury.
B. suicide.
C. homelessness.
D. HIV infection.
A, B, C, D
Rationale: Clinical consequences of substance abuse among the severely mentally ill include all the
options listed, along with medication nonadherence, increased rates of violence, relapse of
psychosis, and increased use of institutional services.
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