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A widow,aged 72 years,lives alone and is visited weekly by her son.She takes digoxin,hydrochlorothiazide,and an antihypertensive drug.She also has a prescription for diazepam (Valium) as needed for moderate to severe anxiety.When the son visited today,he found his mother confused.Her speech was thick and slurred and she had an unsteady gait.She was taken to the emergency department,and hospital admission followed.The nurse assessed the patient as having several cognitive problems,including memory and attention deficits and fluctuating levels of orientation.The nurse confirms that the patient's symptoms developed over a 2-day period.The patient's symptoms are most characteristic of:
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A therapeutic approach and theory of psychology developed by Sigmund Freud that emphasizes unconscious motives and conflicts.
Sigmund Freud
An Austrian neurologist known as the founding father of psychoanalysis, a method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychotherapist.
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