How can the nurse best educate the family?

Explain the biological nature of schizophrenia.

The parents are feeling responsible and this inappropriate self-blame can be limited by supplying them with the facts about the biologic basis of schizophrenia.Option A: Acknowledging the patients responsibility is neither accurate nor helpful to the parents and would only reinforce their feelings of guilt.Option C: Support groups are useful; however. the nurse needs to handle the parents self-blame directly instead of making a referral for this problem.Option D: Teaching the parents various ways to change would reinforce the parental assumption of blame; although parents can learn about schizophrenia and what is helpful and not helpful. the approach suggested in this option implies the parents behavior is at fault.