Author Question: The parents of a patient with schizophrenia ask whether their child is likely to become violent. The ... (Read 27 times)

yoroshambo · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

The parents of a patient with schizophrenia ask whether their child is likely to become violent. The best answer the nurse can give is that the vast majority of mentally ill individuals are:

a. somewhat more dangerous than ordinary people.
b. definitely more violence-prone than others on the street.
c. no more dangerous than other individuals in the population.
d. considerably more dangerous than others in the population.

Question 2

The National Mental Health Act was signed into law in 1946 . This bill provided training grants that funded specialty training at the graduate level.

The reason that the first graduate nursing program was in the specialty of psychiatric nursing might be related to the fact that:
A) People began to view mental illness as more commonplace and acceptable during WWII.
B) The biologic understanding of mental illness was almost fully developed as a result of WWII.
C) Deinstitutionalizat ion spawned by the community health movement, demanding increased numbers of nurses.
D) The U.S. population was rapidly aging and women entered the work force in record numbers.

Kingjoffery · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

C
Studies show that the vast majority of people with serious mental illness are not inherently violent and are no more dangerous than people in the general population.

Answer to Question 2

A