A Novelist Wants to Write a Book Centered on a Character

question 20

Multiple Choice

A novelist wants to write a book centered on a character described as suspicious and on guard all of the time. He has difficult relationships with friends and relatives as a result of distrustful nature, overreacts to minor events that may lead to aggression, and is delusional. What advice would you give to the novelist?

• A) The symptoms that you describe are rarely seen in adults in this country.
• B) You have captured the paranoid personality disorder except they do not have delusions.
• C) Your description does not seem to meet the criteria of any of the disorders found in the DSM.
• D) You have captured the essence of a series of disorders that tend to be comorbid and untreatable.

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Definitions:

Anorexia Nervosa

A disease characterized by a prolonged inability or refusal to eat, rapid weight loss, and emaciation in persons who continue to believe they are fat.

Enteral Feeding Tube

A medical device used to provide nutrition to people who cannot obtain nutrition by mouth, are unable to swallow safely, or need nutritional supplementation.

Oropharynx

The part of the throat located behind the oral cavity, extending from the uvula to the level of the hyoid bone.

On Demand Schedule

A scheduling system where tasks or services are arranged and performed as needed, rather than according to a fixed timetable.