Author Question: Which nursing statement to a client about social anxiety disorder versus schizoid personality ... (Read 64 times)

Jkov05 · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

Which nursing statement to a client about social anxiety disorder versus schizoid personality disorder (SPD) is most accurate?

1. Clients diagnosed with social anxiety disorder can manage anxiety without medications, whereas clients diagnosed with SPD can only manage anxiety with medications.
2. Clients diagnosed with SPD are distressed by the symptoms experienced in social settings, whereas clients diagnosed with social anxiety disorder are not.
3. Clients diagnosed with social anxiety disorder avoid interactions only in social settings, whereas clients diagnosed with SPD avoid interactions in all areas of life.
4. Clients diagnosed with SPD avoid interactions only in social settings, whereas clients diagnosed with social anxiety disorder tend to avoid interactions in all areas of life.

Question 2

A nursing instructor is teaching about specific phobias. Which student statement indicates to the instructor that learning has occurred?

1. These clients recognize their fear as excessive and frequently seek treatment.
2. These clients have a panic level of fear that is overwhelming and unreasonable.
3. These clients experience symptoms that mirror a cerebrovascular accident (CVA).
4. These clients experience the symptoms of tachycardia, dysphagia, and diaphoresis.

xiazhe · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

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Rationale: Clients diagnosed with social anxiety disorder avoid interactions only in social settings, whereas clients diagnosed with SPD avoid interactions in all areas of life. Social anxiety disorder is an excessive fear of situations in which a person might do something embarrassing or be evaluated negatively by others.

Answer to Question 2

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Rationale: The nursing instructor should evaluate that learning has occurred when the student knows that clients with phobias have a panic level of fear that is overwhelming and unreasonable. Phobia is fear cued by a specific object or situation in which exposure to the stimuli produces an immediate anxiety response. Even though the disorder is relatively common among the general population, people seldom seek treatment unless the phobia interferes with ability to function.