Which Assessment Data Most Suggests That the Patient Is Experiencing

question 13

Multiple Choice

Which assessment data most suggests that the patient is experiencing a fugue state?

• A) After being caught in an affair,a man disappeared only to reappear months later without memory of what had occurred while he was missing.
• B) A woman reports that when she feels tired or stressed,it seems like her body isn't real and is somehow growing smaller,which seems "crazy" to her.
• C) A man is extremely anxious about his problems and sometimes "zones out," finding that several minutes have passed without conscious awareness of them.
• D) A woman finds unfamiliar clothes in her closet,is recognized when she walks into restaurants she's never been to,and complains of "blackouts" despite not drinking.

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Definitions:

Store

To keep or accumulate something for future use.

Environmental Stimuli

Physical or sensory events that occur outside of an organism but which influence its behavior or responses.

Guthrie

Edwin Ray Guthrie, a behaviorist psychologist known for his "contiguity theory" which emphasized that learning occurs through association of stimuli occurring together in time.

Associated Response

A reaction that is commonly linked or connected to a specific trigger or set of conditions.