This topic contains a solution. Click here to go to the answer

Author Question: Following two weeks of flu-like symptoms, a 33-year-old woman presented to her primary care provider ... (Read 95 times)

cherise1989

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 555
Following two weeks of flu-like symptoms, a 33-year-old woman presented to her primary care provider who included HIV testing in the client's order blood work. The results of the test have come back positive.
 
  Which of the client's following statements is most characteristic of the first stage of the grief reaction to HIV/AIDS diagnosis?
 
  A) If my boyfriend hadn't been sleeping around, this never would have happened.
  B) I can't believe I was so stupid. I can't believe I did this to myself.
  C) Let's do a repeat test. I'm pretty sure that something's got mixed up with this test.
  D) I don't know what to say. I'm struck dumb. I don't know what to say.

Question 2

Which of the following characteristics differentiates the psychiatric consequences of AIDS from the neuropsychiatric syndromes associated with the disease?
 
  A) Neuropsychiatric syndromes result from organic changes to the CNS, while psychiatric disorders often have a psychosocial etiology.
  B) Psychiatric disorders are treatable, whereas neuropsychiatric syndromes are usually untreatable.
  C) Neuropsychiatric syndromes represent the progression of preexisting, inadequately treated psychiatric disorders.
  D) Neuropsychiatric syndromes can cause the emergence of psychiatric disorders in certain clients with AIDS.



Related Topics

Need homework help now?

Ask unlimited questions for free

Ask a Question
Marked as best answer by a Subject Expert

k2629

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 357
Answer to Question 1

Ans: D
The initial stage of the grief reaction to HIV/AIDS diagnosis consists of shock, numbness, and disbelief. Blame of oneself or someone else is likely to emerge later, as is denial of the validity of the results.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: A
Comorbid psychiatric disorders in clients with HIV infection or AIDS including substance abuse, anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, adjustment disorders, and psychotic disorders are normally a result of the psychosocial aspects of HIV diagnosis. Neuropsychiatric syndromes are neurologic symptoms occurring as the result of organic disturbances of the central nervous system that constitute a recognizable psychiatric condition. Both may or may not be treatable, and there is not necessarily a cause-and-effect relationship between the two types of disorders.





 

Did you know?

Most strokes are caused when blood clots move to a blood vessel in the brain and block blood flow to that area. Thrombolytic therapy can be used to dissolve the clot quickly. If given within 3 hours of the first stroke symptoms, this therapy can help limit stroke damage and disability.

Did you know?

The calories found in one piece of cherry cheesecake could light a 60-watt light bulb for 1.5 hours.

Did you know?

Hippocrates noted that blood separates into four differently colored liquids when removed from the body and examined: a pure red liquid mixed with white liquid material with a yellow-colored froth at the top and a black substance that settles underneath; he named these the four humors (for blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile).

Did you know?

Stroke kills people from all ethnic backgrounds, but the people at highest risk for fatal strokes are: black men, black women, Asian men, white men, and white women.

Did you know?

In 1885, the Lloyd Manufacturing Company of Albany, New York, promoted and sold "Cocaine Toothache Drops" at 15 cents per bottle! In 1914, the Harrison Narcotic Act brought the sale and distribution of this drug under federal control.

For a complete list of videos, visit our video library