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frankwu

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A nurse caring for a person diagnosed with schizoid personality disorder expects which assessment findings?
 
  a. Impulsive, restless, socially aggressive behavior
  b. Few interactions with others; little verbalization
  c. Magical thinking; suspicious, odd behavior
  d. Distrustful, cold, often angry behaviors

Question 2

A patient who started taking a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) 3 days ago says, This medicine isn't working. The nurse's best intervention would be to
 
  a. explain the time lag before antidepressants relieve symptoms.
  b. reassure the patient that the medication will be effective soon.
  c. critically assess the patient for lessening symptoms.
  d. explore the patient's self-concept.



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Answer to Question 1

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Individuals with schizoid personality disorder do not want to be involved in relationships. They are shy and introverted, speak little, and prefer fantasy and daydreaming to being involved with real people. The distracters characteristically apply to antisocial personality disorder, schizotypal personality disorder, and paranoid personality disorder.

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Antidepressant medications typically have a lag time of 2 to 4 weeks before being maximally therapeutic. A patient should be made aware of this instead of expecting symptom relief within 24 to 48 hours. Global reassurance is meaningless. Symptom abatement would not have occurred. Exploring the patient's self-concept does not address the patient's question.




frankwu

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Reply 2 on: Jul 11, 2018
Excellent


rleezy04

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

 

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