Which statement about EcoMaps is true?

• A. Social and personal relationships with environment
• B. Graphical representation of a person's family history
• C. Records mental status
• D. Medical records and prescription history

Answer: (A)

EcoMaps are a visual representation of how a person connects with the surrounding environment. They illustrate social and personal relationships to people, groups, services, and institutions, showing the strength and quality of those ties, as well as supports and potential stressors. This aligns with the person-in-environment perspective, which emphasizes how external systems shape a person’s functioning. So the statement that EcoMaps depict social and personal relationships with the environment is true. By contrast, a genogram maps family history and genetic links, a mental status examination records current cognitive and emotional functioning, and medical records document health history and prescriptions.