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naturalchemist

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on: Jul 19, 2018
An individual diagnosed with paranoid personality disorder who displays psychosis is:
 
  a. not correctly diagnosed and should be rediagnosed as having paranoid schizophrenia
  b. demonstrating psychiatric complications of inappropriate psychiatric treatment
  c. probably undergoing a period of pronounced physical or psychosocial stress
  d. developing an irreversible psychotic illness on top of the preexisting personality disorder

Question 2

A community mental health center is adjusting to severe budget cuts. Which service is most likely to be considered for elimination?
 
  a. Toll-free suicide prevention telephone hotline services
  b. Community education regarding the risk factors of depression
  c. Transitional housing for a parent diagnosed with chronic depression
  d. Follow-up laboratory testing regarding therapeutic medication levels


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

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Pronounced physical or psychosocial stress may lead to an individual with paranoid personality disorder displaying symptoms of psychosis. Such stresses, the likes of which the client may never have experienced before, may overwhelm him or her. These stresses may exacerbate the paranoid personality disorder to such a level of severity that the person may experience some brief psychosis as a means of the mind to explain what is happening to the client. In many cases, once the true source of the physical or psychosocial stress is explained to the client, the psychotic symptoms diminish or disappear.

Answer to Question 2

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Major amendments to the Community Mental Health Centers Act in 1975 required that community mental health centers continue to offer five areas of service. Because of the funding cuts, the services that most community mental health centers reluctantly reduce are their preventive efforts directed toward mental health education, focusing resources on the care of people with diagnosed mental illness.


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Wow, this really help

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