You are working as a psychiatric nurse in a Veteran's ...

[maychende]

You are working as a psychiatric nurse in a Veteran's Administration Medical Center. You are meeting with a military wife who is an Asian American prior to her joining a support group for wives of veterans who have Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome.
 
  When you ask her to describe her husband's mental health problems, which of the following answers might you anticipate getting?
  A) Oh, he may seem depressed, but it is just a vitamin deficiency. It runs in his family.
  B) I know the war messed his mind up. He'll never be the same.
  C) Sometimes he hallucinates that he is back in Vietnam.
  D) He just stays to himself; he never talks to me about what is bothering him.

Question 2

The sudden development of paranoia in older adulthood MOST likely results from:
 
  a. an underlying medical condition such as chronic substance use or infection
  b. the process of normal aging of the central nervous system
  c. sudden change in lifestyle, such as divorce or retirement, in a previously normal mind
  d. previously undiagnosed paranoid schizophrenia unrelated to the personality

[catron30]

Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

A
Chronic substance use or infection can be the source of a sudden development of paranoia among an older adult. Some forms of substance abuse can lead to elevated levels of paranoia. In particular individuals who abuse methamphetamines oftentimes display extremely heightened levels of paranoia, particularly when under the influence of the drug. In addition, neurosyphilis can cause paranoid delusions as well.

[maychende]

Thank you

[catron30]

No problemo