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Chelseaamend

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on: Jul 19, 2018
A college student has been diagnosed with a personality disorder following a comprehensive psychiatric assessment. A personality disorder is defined as a collection of personality traits that is:
 
  A) Causing behavioral dysfunction and inner distress
  B) Malleable and poorly defined
  C) Associated with relational difficulties
  D) Leading to antisocial behavior and conflict

Question 2

A nurse has referred a couple for therapy as part of the wife's treatment for a somatoform disorder. Which of the following nursing diagnoses most likely underlies the etiology of this woman's mental health disorder?
 
  A) Disturbed Body Image
  B) Complicated Grieving
  C) Acute Confusion
  D) Ineffective Coping


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Reply #1 on: Jul 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Ans: A
Feedback:
A personality disorder can be defined as a collection of personality traits that have become fixed and rigid to the point that the person experiences inner distress and behavioral dysfunction. A personality disorder also can be considered a lifelong pattern of behavior that affects many areas of the person's life, causes problems, and is not produced by another disorder or illness.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: D
Feedback:
Ineffective Coping relates to unresolved psychological issues as evidenced by somatization. Somatoform disorders are not necessarily a consequence of grief or a disturbed body image. Confusion is unlikely to result in a somatoform disorder.


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