A Client Is Experiencing an Alteration in the Health-Perception-Health-Management Pattern

question 22

Multiple Choice

A client is experiencing an alteration in the health-perception-health-management pattern and an alteration in the values-beliefs pattern. Which of the following best describes the behavior of this person?

• A) Never sees a physician
• B) Only sees a physician if not feeling well
• C) Sees a physician for screenings only
• D) Sees a physician for follow-up care of a chronic disease

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Definitions:

Schizophrenia

A chronic mental disorder characterized by distorted thoughts, perceptions, emotions, language, sense of self, and behavior.

Personality Disorder

A type of mental disorder characterized by enduring maladaptive patterns of behavior, cognition, and inner experience.

Somatoform Disorder

A group of psychological disorders in which a patient experiences physical symptoms that are inconsistent with or cannot be fully explained by any underlying medical or neurological condition.

Dissociative Fugue

Dissociative fugue is a psychological state characterized by temporary amnesia regarding one’s identity or history, often accompanied by sudden relocation and the adoption of a new identity.