During the health history interview, the patient informs the nurse that she has not been able to keep a consistent job for the past 2 years, that she was evicted from her apartment, and that her fiancée just left her.She states, "I don't know what to do.I wish I could go to sleep and never wake up." The nurse recognizes that the patient is:

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Mental disorder is the medical term for mental illness and is defined and diagnosed in Canada according to criteria specified in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) by the American Psychiatric Association.Mental disorders are depicted as constellations of co-occurring symptoms that may involve alterations in thought, experience, and emotion that are serious enough to cause distress and impair functioning, cause difficulties in sustaining interpersonal relationships and performing jobs, and sometimes lead to self-destructive behaviour and suicide.

During the Health History Interview, the Patient Informs the Nurse