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jCorn1234 · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

The nurse is teaching staff at a community mental health clinic about what constitutes a mental disorder. Which comment by staff indicates to the nurse the need for further teaching?

1. Experiencing distressful symptoms may imply a mental disorder.
2. Experiencing pain and suffering may imply a mental disorder.
3. Being unable to function in everyday life is consistent with a mental disorder.
4. Grieving after a loss may signal a mental disorder.

Question 2

A client is hospitalized for psychotic symptoms including auditory hallucinations and paranoid delusions. Based on an understanding of neurobiology, the nurse knows the psychotic symptoms arise from disruptions in which neurotransmitter?

1. Norepinephrine
2. Serotonin
3. Acetylcholine
4. Dopamine

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

Answer to Question 1

4
Rationale: A mental disorder is a psychological group of symptoms in which an individual experiences distress, or impairment in one or more areas of functioning, or a significant increased risk of suffering, pain, loss of freedom, or death. Grieving after a loss is a normal grief response and does not constitute a mental disorder.

Answer to Question 2

4
Rationale: Dopamine disruptions are involved in psychosis. Serotonin and norepinephrine are associated with mood disorders. Acetylcholine is associated with dementia of the Alzheimer's type.