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The nurse explains that anxiety disorders differ from normal anxiety. Which statement accurately describes anxiety disorders?
 
  a. Anxiety disorders develop into suicidal tendencies.
  b. Anxiety disorders are seldom controlled.
  c. Anxiety disorders interfere with effective functioning.
  d. Anxiety disorders make maintenance of relationships impossible.

Question 2

The nurse is caring for a patient who was admitted with fractures sustained during an MVC (motor vehicle collision). The patient tearfully confesses that she relives the accident in her dreams and is afraid to sleep.
 
  The nurse recognizes that this scenario is consistent with which disorder?
  a. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  b. Phobic disorder
  c. obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
  d. Panic level of anxiety disorder



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Answer to Question 1

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Anxiety disorders interrupt normal day-to-day functioning in the workplace and in family set-tings.

Answer to Question 2

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Individuals with PTSD have endured one or more extreme life-threatening events, and the re-membrance of these events now produces feelings of intense horror, with recurrent symptoms of anxiety and nightmares or flashbacks.




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