In the discipline of psychiatric mental health, diagnosis involves scientific evaluation of signs, symptoms, history, lab tests, and procedures. One of the potential risks to the process of diagnosis in mental health is what?
A) The nurse may be led to a false, simplistic, or superior sense of an understanding of the patient's problem.
B) The diagnosis provides a way to communicate with other health professionals using a common language.
C) The diagnoses can help guide treatment decisions.
D) Once diagnosis is established, it is possible to identify similar subjects for etiologic and epidemiologic research.
Ans: A
Diagnosis may create a false sense of understanding of the client's problem. The other options are incorrect and reasons why diagnosis is helpful.
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