A patient tells the nurse, "Everything makes me anxious now." The nurse suspects the patient is suffering from which condition?
1. Phobia
2. Chronic anxiety
3. Dissociative identity disorder
4. Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Answer: 2
Explanation: Usually, patients with chronic anxiety have anxiety that is more general and long-lasting, and which has become part of their personality over time. Patients with phobias, dissociative identity disorders, and obsessive-compulsive disorders have anxiety related to a stimulus.
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