Three days after admission to a drug treatment program, a client is found crying. She describes
seeing her arm floating in space and feeling as though if she moves she will be swallowed by the bed
on which she is lying.
These symptoms suggest that the client is experiencing
a. withdrawal delirium.
b. a flashback.
c. crashing.
d. sedative withdrawal.
B
Loss of ego boundaries and synesthesia are common experiences during flashbacks. Synesthesia is
not experienced in the other options. The symptoms described are not characteristic of withdrawal
delirium, crashing, or sedative withdrawal.
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