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piesebel

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on: Jul 19, 2018
Individuals who grow up in at-risk environments but are able to become productive, successful citizens are believed to possess which of the following characteristics?
 
  A) Hardiness
  B) Resilience
  C) Social skills
  D) Tolerance

Question 2

A client is admitted to the mental health unit because she was found trying to inject diluted feces into her hospitalized child's intravenous line. The most likely diagnosis for this client is:
 
  A) Schizoid personality disorder.
  B) Munchausen's by proxy.
  C) Conversion disorder.
  D) Borderline personality disorder.


Athena23

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Reply #1 on: Jul 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B
Feedback: Resilience is having healthy responses to stressful situations or risky environments. Hardiness is the ability to resist illness when under stress. Social skills are a type of coping strategy. Tolerance is the ability to deal with increasing levels of stress in an adaptive way.

Answer to Question 2

C


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