A family member asks a mental health nurse, I am reading a lot of ...

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A family member asks a mental health nurse, I am reading a lot of information about gene therapy in the news lately. Will gene therapy be able to help my spouse, who has schizophrenia? Which response by the nurse is best?
 
  a. Gene therapy for schizophrenia is common in Europe but has not yet become popular in the United States..
  b. Gene therapy for schizophrenia is available, but the high cost prohibits most people from taking advantage of it..
  c. Gene therapy is still an experimental field and is not likely to be used to treat mental health disorders in the near future..
  d. Gene therapy has already shown promise in treating schizophrenia, but not enough large-scale studies have been carried out to date..

Question 2

Which publication was the result of work to integrate mental health principles into basic nursing curricula?
 
  a. Interpersonal Relations in Nursing
  b. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care
  c. The Dynamic Nurse-Patient Relationship
  d. The Future of Nursing

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Answer to Question 1

C
Gene therapy is still an experimental field. It holds potential for treating or even curing genetic and acquired diseases such as cancer or AIDS, but it is not likely to be clinically applicable in psychiatry in the near future.

Answer to Question 2

D
The Future of Nursing by Lucille Brown, director of the Department of Studies in the Professions at Russell Sage Foundation, was the result of work to integrate mental health principles into basic nursing curricula. Through the years, this document has come to be known as the Brown Report. Brown recommended that psychiatric hospitals should not conduct their own schools, but should develop affiliation agreements with nursing-established programs.

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