A Client Comes to a Psychiatric Clinic,experiencing Sudden Extreme Fatigue

question 11

Multiple Choice

A client comes to a psychiatric clinic,experiencing sudden extreme fatigue and decreased sleep and appetite.The client works 12 hours a day and rates anxiety as 8/10 on a numeric scale.Which long-term outcome is realistic to address the client's crisis?

• A)The client will change his or her type A personality traits to more adaptive ones by week 1.
• B)The client will list five positive self-attributes.
• C)The client will examine how childhood events led to an overachieving orientation.
• D)The client will return to previous adaptive levels of functioning by week 6.

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Definitions:

Trust

Trust refers to the belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something, forming the basis for cooperative human relationships.

Emotion

A complex psychological state that involves an experiential, physiological, and behavioral response to a personally significant matter.

Envy

A feeling of discontent or covetousness with regard to another's advantages, success, or possessions.

Competition

A mode of interaction in which power is unequally distributed, but the degree of inequality is less than in systems of domination. Envy is an important emotion in competitive interactions. Competition in the theory of human ecology refers to the struggle by different groups for optimal locations in which to reside and set up their businesses.