Which Dinner Menu Is Best Suited for a Patient with Acute

question 23

Multiple Choice

Which dinner menu is best suited for a patient with acute mania?

• A) Spaghetti and meatballs, salad, and a banana
• B) Beef and vegetable stew, a roll, and chocolate pudding
• C) Broiled chicken breast on a roll, an ear of corn, and an apple
• D) Chicken casserole, green beans, and flavoured gelatin with whipped cream

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Definitions:

Traumatic Amnesia

Memory loss following a traumatic event, where the individual may be unable to recall important personal information or details of the trauma.

Repression

A defense mechanism in psychoanalytic theory where unwanted or distressing thoughts and memories are unconsciously pushed out of conscious awareness.

Anterograde Amnesia

A memory deficit suffered after some kinds of brain damage, in which the patient seems unable to form new explicit memories; however, memories acquired before the injury are spared.

Memory Encoding

The process of converting information into a form that allows it to be stored in the brain.