The Nurse Is Reviewing the Genogram for a Patient Recently

Multiple Choice

The nurse is reviewing the genogram for a patient recently diagnosed with mental illness. The genogram shows a history for mental health in the patient's parents' generation, but no history for mental health in previous generations. Which of the following should the nurse understand about this lack of history?

A) Information from previous generations is not relevant to mental health.
B) Older generations may not willingly volunteer mental health information.
C) Mental illness was uncommon three or more generations ago.
D) Only information from a patient's parents and siblings is included in a genogram.