Financial losses, loss of employment, school failure, and divorce indicate which outcome?

• A. Delirium
• B. Psychotic features
• C. Marked impairment in social/occupational function
• D. Best response rate in studies for delirium

Answer: (C)

These outcomes illustrate how a mental illness can disrupt a person’s ability to function in daily life. Financial losses, losing a job, failing at school, and divorce point to marked impairment in social and occupational functioning, which captures the broad, real-world impact on one’s roles. Delirium is an acute cognitive disturbance, not a long-term functional decline. Psychotic features are symptoms rather than outcomes, and the notion of the best response rate in delirium isn’t about functioning. So the best description of these consequences is marked impairment in social/occupational function.