ATI Mental Health Practice B 2023

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A nurse is conducting a group therapy session for several clients. The group is laughing at a joke one of the clients told, when a client who is schizophrenic jumps up and runs out of the room yelling, "You are all making fun of me!" The nurse should identify this behavior as which of the following characteristics of schizophrenia?

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: The correct answer is C: Ideas of reference. This behavior is indicative of ideas of reference, a common symptom of schizophrenia where individuals believe that neutral events or comments are directed at them personally. In this case, the client's perception of laughter at a joke led them to believe it was directed towards them, triggering a paranoid reaction. This is different from magical thinking (
A) which involves belief in unrealistic events, delusions of grandeur (
B) which involves exaggerated beliefs in one's importance, and looseness of association (
D) which is characterized by disconnected thoughts. The other choices are not relevant to the scenario provided.

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