The nurse explains that the main goal of primary prevention is ...

[Wadzanai]

The nurse explains that the main goal of primary prevention is the reduction of the _____ of mental disorders.
 
  a. severity
  b. duration
  c. incidence
  d. prevalence

Question 2

A client who has been hospitalized for mania in the past is laid off from her job. She becomes very depressed, refuses to look for another job, stays in her room, eats very little, and neglects her personal hygiene.
 
  The client is found unconscious, but still breathing, with an empty bottle of sertraline (Zoloft) beside her. She is stabilized in an emergency department and is then admitted to a psychiatric unit with a diagnosis of bipolar I disorder, current episode depressed. Which should be the priority nursing diagnosis for this client?
  A) Imbalanced nutrition, less than body requirements, related to refusal to eat
  B) Anxiety (severe) related to threat to self-esteem
  C) Risk for suicide related to depressed mood
  D) Complicated grieving related to loss of employment

[Brenm]

Answer to Question 1

C
Primary prevention is lowering the incidence of a mental disorder or reducing the rate at which new cases of the disorder develop. Secondary prevention reduces the prevalence of a mental disorder. Tertiary prevention reduces the severity of a mental disorder and its associated disability.

Answer to Question 2

C