On assessment of a client with Pick's disease, the nurse notes the client has poor insight. The nurse realizes this is a psychiatric symptom of the disease and is a result of a loss in a component of:
A) Attention.
B) Serotonin.
C) Dementia.
D) Hallucination.
A,
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