Difficulty: Medium
Average Score: 79%
Full-length
Passage / Scenario
A 47-year-old woman comes to the outpatient psychiatric clinic for treatment of a fear of heights.Which of the following is the best plan of care that would meet the needs of this client INITIALLY?
Correct answer
D
Rationale
Strategy: Answers are implementations. Determine the outcome of each answer choice. Is it desired? (1) secondary gain (attention and assistance received) is not the motivation of a phobic patient, remain nonjudgmental (2) ineffective in relieving behavior, may increase anxiety and feelings of guilt (3) should encourage patient to remain independent (4) correct-phobia is fixed channel for discharge of tension from unconscious conflict