Parents of a teenager recently diagnosed with serious mental illness express dismay.One parent says, "Our child sometimes acts so strangely that we don't invite friends to the house.Sometimes we don't get any sleep.We quit taking vacations." Which nursing diagnosis applies?

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The parent's statements suggest that the family's normal functioning has been disrupted, as evidenced by the inability to socialize with friends or take vacations, and the parents' lack of sleep. This points to an interrupted family process, which is a nursing diagnosis that identifies family patterns of interaction that are ineffective.

Parents of a Teenager Recently Diagnosed with Serious Mental Illness