A client is admitted to the unit in an acute major depressiv…
A client is admitted to the unit in an acute major depressive episode. The client has had three major depressive episodes in the past 10 years and two other hospitalizations for manic episodes. Which disorders would reflect the DSM-5 diagnosis?
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A client with a diagnosis of Schizophrenia with paranoid delusions has been committed to the psychiatric unit by their parents. The client begins to tell the nurse about how the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is looking for them and will kill them. The most appropriate initial response by the nurse is:
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A client is unwilling to go out of the house for fear of “doing something strange and looking foolish in public.” Because of this fear, the client remains homebound except when accompanied outside by the spouse. Based on this data, the nurse theorizes that the client is experiencing which of the following?
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