A nurse is working with persons with serious mental illness.Which of the following recognitions should be made by the nurse?

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Many people with serious mental illness live in poverty because they lack the ability to maintain a suitable standard of living.Brief hospital stays and inadequate community resources have resulted in an increased number of persons with serious mental illness living on the streets or in jail.Persons with severe mental illness need support,not necessarily institutionalization.There are a variety of contributing factors to the development of severe mental illness,and some are unknown.Those with severe mental illness may lack motivation because of their illness.

A Nurse Is Working with Persons with Serious Mental Illness