A patient laughs while saying, "My dog died yesterday." The nurse documents this behavior using what terminology?
a. Autistic
b. Ambivalence
c. Inappropriate affect
d. Associative looseness
C
Speaking of a sad topic while laughing exemplifies inappropriate affect. Autism is characterized by having little concern for external reality. Ambivalence is the simultaneous presence of opposite emotions. Associative looseness is characterized by stringing unrelated topics together.
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