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A patient says, I have the same continuous and intrusive thoughts that my house is contaminated with lethal bacteri
 
  a. I spend hours cleaning the walls, floors, and furniture. These symptoms are most consistent with which diagnosis?
  a. Social phobia
  b. Panic disorder
  c. Somatoform disorder
  d. OCD

Question 2

Contemporary cultural rejection of certain sexual behaviors is determined primarily based on sexual acts
 
  a. involving coercion rather than consent.
  b. associated with homosexual contacts.
  c. using artificial devices.
  d. resulting in orgasm.



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Answer to Question 1

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The patient's persistent intrusive thoughts are obsessions, and the need to continually clean is a compulsion. Hence, the patient's disorder can be identified as OCD. The symptoms are not consistent with any of the other options.

Answer to Question 2

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Sexual acts that are forced on another are considered both morally and legally unacceptable. The other options are used less often as evaluation criteria.





 

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