A Client Is Diagnosed with Major Depressive Episode

question 12

Multiple Choice

A client is diagnosed with major depressive episode. Which nursing diagnosis should a nurse assign to this client, to address a behavioral symptom of this disorder?

• A) Altered communication R/T feelings of worthlessness AEB anhedonia
• B) Social isolation R/T poor self-esteem AEB secluding self in room
• C) Altered thought processes R/T hopelessness AEB persecutory delusions
• D) Altered nutrition: less than body requirements R/T high anxiety AEB anorexia

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Definitions:

Classical Conditioning

A learning process in which an association is made between a naturally occurring stimulus and a previously neutral stimulus.

Conditioned Stimulus

An initially neutral stimulus that becomes associated with an unconditioned stimulus, leading to a conditioned response in classical conditioning.

Classical Conditioning

An instructional process where two stimuli are frequently paired together; the response, initially triggered by the second stimulus, is subsequently drawn by the first stimulus alone.

Extinction

In psychology, the gradual weakening and disappearance of a conditioned response when the conditioned stimulus is repeatedly presented without the unconditioned stimulus.