Author Question: The nurse is admitting a client with histrionic personality disorder to the inpatient unit. The ... (Read 119 times)

piesebel · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

The nurse is admitting a client with histrionic personality disorder to the inpatient unit. The nurse would anticipate that this client may exhibit which behavior?

A) Manipulation
B) Distrust
C) Perfection
D) Self-dramatization

Question 2

A 35-year-old client with a diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder is being seen by a psychiatrist. He has been arrested three times for aggravated battery within the last year.

Which personality disorder may have been seen in this client prior to age 18?

A) Avoidant
B) Schizoid
C) Conduct
D) Paranoid

SVictor · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Ans: D
The client with histrionic personality disorder uses self-dramatization and emotional exaggeration to draw attention to self. The antisocial personality tends to be manipulative. Paranoid personality disorder causes the client to be suspicious and distrust others. In obsessivecompulsive personality disorder, the client's perfectionism interferes with task completion.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: C
Antisocial behavior is usually seen in clients between the ages of 15 and 40 years. The diagnosis of conduct disorder is given to clients who exhibit clinical symptoms before the age of 18 years.