A Nurse Reads This Information in a Patient's Record: Suffered

question 10

Multiple Choice

A nurse reads this information in a patient's record: suffered anoxia at birth; foster home placement at age 3; taunted by peers during childhood; low self-esteem since adolescence.Which item would be classified as a biologic factor associated with the patient's mental illness?

• A) Anoxia at birth
• B) Low self-esteem
• C) Taunted by peers
• D) Trauma caused by parental death

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