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drink · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

An individual is brought to the emergency room after family reports that the patient awoke confused and began rambling and talking crazy about 3 hours ago.

The patient strikes out at the staff and shouts, You're not going to kill me The most likely analysis of this behavior is: a. disturbed self-esteem related to catastrophic reaction.
b. disturbed sensory perception related to altered brain function.
c. other-directed violence related to fear associated with hospitalization.
d. impaired environmental interpretational syndrome related to metabolic disturbance.

Question 2

A patient states, Sometimes I hear voices when no one else is in the room telling me that people are plotting to hurt me.. This patient is experiencing impairment of which criterion of mental health?

a. Autonomy
b. Integration
c. Reality perception
d. Environmental mastery

iman · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B
Defining characteristics of sensory-perceptual alteration are present. For impaired environmental interpretational syndrome to be diagnosed, the confused state must have been present for 3 to 6 months. There is no reported history of a catastrophic event while the presence of the other assessment data makes fear associated with hospitalization a less likely reason for striking out at staff.

Answer to Question 2

C
Reality perception is the individual's ability to test assumptions about the world with empirical thought. Hallucinations and delusions indicate problems with reality perception.