A teacher comes to the mental health clinic saying a co-worker recently confronted her about
behaviors that are annoying to other co-workers. Because of the confrontation, the client has
experienced moderate to severe levels of anxiety.
The co-worker told the client that others find her
very difficult because she is a perfectionist and micromanages the tasks of others on the teaching
team, always demanding that things should be done according to her plans. The co-worker
mentioned that the client made everyone feel as though everything they tried was inadequate, and
that her co-workers feel frustrated and angry about her need to control. The client states she likes her
co-workers and only wanted to help them be successful. The nurse realizes the client's behaviors are
most consistent with
a. obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.
b. narcissistic personality disorder.
c. histrionic personality disorder.
d. schizoid personality disorder.
A
The need to control at the expense of flexibility and openness, along with patterns of preoccupation
with orderliness and perfectionism, is consistent with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.
Option B: Narcissistic personality disorder involves grandiosity, the need for admiration, and lack of
empathy. Option C: Histrionic personality disorder involves excessive emotionality and attention
seeking. Option D: Schizoid personality disorder involves detachment from social relationships and
a restricted range of expression in interpersonal settings.
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a. true b. false