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ahriuashd

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In July 2000, the American Psychiatric Association updated the DSM-IV to the DSM-IV-TR, with the TR standing for text revision. When compared to the DSM-IV, the TR version has changed:
 
  a. which psychiatric diagnoses are included in the DSM
  b. some of the accompanying descriptions of diagnoses
  c. the criteria for some of the psychiatric diagnoses contained in the DSM-IV
  d. the code numbers for the psychiatric diagnoses

Question 2

During assessment, a patient tells the nurse that he follows Buddhist beliefs. The nurse would integrate understanding of which of the following when developing the patient's plan of care?
 
  A) Desire is the cause of all human suffering and misery.
  B) Self-indulgence is necessary to reach nirvana.
  C) Present behavior is based on current unhappiness.
  D) Salvation is achieved through faith and humility.



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Answer to Question 1

B
The TR version has not changed any of the diagnoses in the DSM-IV or any criteria for making them, but it has changed some of the accompanying descriptions of diagnoses. The other options do not address the changes that occurred with the text revision.

Answer to Question 2

A



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