A client who has been divorced for six months has recently been lying in bed most days, unable to care for the children. This is referred to as:
1. A situational crisis.
2. A stressful situation.
3. Lack of resilience.
4. Regression.
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Rationale: The stressful situation (divorce) has caused a situational crisis. The client is not using previously developed coping skills, but instead adopted the ineffective coping mechanism of regression. Lack of resilience cannot be identified from the information given.
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