How can the mental health nurse best advocate for individuals with mental illness and prevent stigmatization?
A) By emphasizing the creativity and freedom that accompany a mental illness
B) By emphasizing that all people with mental illness can eventually be cured
C) By tactfully correcting misperceptions about abnormal behavior and mental illness
D) By informing people that most mental illness is actually a manifestation of substance abuse
Ans: C
There are several perceptions about mental illness and abnormal behavior that have the power to contribute to stigmatization. The nurse should counter these perceptions. It would be inaccurate to characterize mental illness as a positive experience, to state that all people with mental illness can be cured, or to attribute mental illness to substance abuse.
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