How can the nurse differentiate the client with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder from the client with perfectionist personality traits?
A) Clients with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder will exhibit order in all areas of their lives.
B) Clients with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder will exhibit fear, anxiety, and an excessive need
for order.
C) Clients with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder will exhibit order in their work lives but are able
to relax when away from work.
D) Clients with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder will exhibit the need for perfection in everyone
but themselves.
B
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