A 19-year-old college student sought care at the campus medical clinic with complaints of unusual vaginal discharge and was subsequently diagnosed with gonorrhea
The student's friends and family all live in her home state, and she has not yet formed close relationships with her classmates and roommates. What risk does the student's lack of situational support most clearly pose?
A) Failure to identify the severity of the crisis
B) Deficient knowledge of the options available
C) Use of simplistic or ineffective coping mechanisms
D) Interpretation of the crisis as overwhelming or irresolvable
Ans: D
While numerous negative consequences exist when an individual lacks situational support in a crisis, one of the most common is the tendency to interpret a crisis as overwhelming or irresolvable.
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