A highly emotional client presents at an outpatient clinic appointment and states, "My dead husband returned to me during a séance." Which personality disorder should a nurse associate with this behavior?
1. Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
2. Schizotypal personality disorder
3. Narcissistic personality disorder
4. Borderline personality disorder
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Rationale: The nurse should associate schizotypal personality disorder with this behavior. The behaviors of people diagnosed with schizotypal personality disorder are odd and eccentric but do not decompensate to the level of schizophrenia.
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