A nurse notes that a patient voices shame and socially isolates. The nurse will most likely interpret this behavior as:
a. unrelated to serious mental illness.
b. likely representing learned behaviors.
c. associated with secondary symptoms of serious mental illness.
d. a coincidental response that has little relationship to the illness.
C
Secondary symptoms of mental illness are caused by a person's response to the illness or its treatment (e.g., loneliness and social isolation).
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