You are participating as a speaker in a public workshop on the topic of promoting mental health in young and middle-aged adults. You tell the audience that age, unemployment, and lower education are risk factors associated with mental illness.
A woman raises her hand and asks, Does that mean because I only have a 10th grade education and am unemployed that I will develop a mental illness? Your best response to the woman's question would be:
A) Not necessarily, it just means that there is an increased chance that you might.
B) Of course not, we live in a rural small town, and these statistics are primarily based on people who live in large cities.
C) Yes, I am afraid so; however, with early detection we can prevent the mental illness from worsening.
D) It probably does, but we have developed advanced medications that successfully treat mental illness.
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A client who has been taking prescription medication to treat insomnia for an agreed-upon trial period asks about remaining on the medication long-term for treatment of chronic insomnia.
Your answer is MOST accurately based on which of the following? a. Long-term use of medications is the only proven effective treatment for insomnia.
b. All medications prescribed to treat insomnia are studied over several years' continuous use.
c. There is little data supporting the use of medications long-term for treatment of insomnia.
d. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not approve medications unless they are safe for long-term use.
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