A Patient Diagnosed with Schizophrenia Tells the Community Mental Health

A patient diagnosed with schizophrenia tells the community mental health nurse, "I threw away my pills because they interfere with God's voice." The nurse identifies the etiology of the patient's ineffective management of the medication regime as

A) inadequate discharge planning.
B) poor therapeutic alliance with clinicians.
C) dislike of antipsychotic medication side effects.
D) impaired reasoning secondary to the schizophrenia.

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