Author Question: A female twelfth-grade student has been missing school, and friends report she has been depressed ... (Read 88 times)

sam.t96 · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

A female twelfth-grade student has been missing school, and friends report she has been depressed since receiving a failing grade on a test and that she has been using alcohol and cocaine.

These behaviors have been demonstrated to be risk factors for: a. obesity
b. foreclosure
c. suicide attempts
d. self-efficacy

Question 2

You are having a one-on-one communication with a client with a diagnosis of schizophrenia. You notice that when this client speaks, there is less order in the ideas and topics than you have found in clients without a diagnosis of schizophrenia.

Some ideas do not make sense together, but make sense alone. You decide to chart this speech pattern as which of the following patterns? a. tangential
b. circumstantial
c. loose
d. irrational

ttt030911 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

C
Adolescents may experience depression when they feel they have failed; in this case the student failed an exam. The use of alcohol and cocaine can further depress the individual. These adolescents are at risk for suicide attempts as a possible solution to their problems.

Answer to Question 2

C
A characteristic of schizophrenia is the use of language that demonstrates loose association of the client's thoughts. The connection between thoughts and ideas seems lost. Without coherent language, the individual loses ability to communicate verbally.