A client with a history of delusions demonstrates which of the following behaviors?
a. Shifts from laughing to crying with no apparent cause
b. Insists the government is out to harm them
c. Has trouble remembering what he had for breakfast
d. Expresses a constant fear of dying
B
Delusions are false beliefs that cannot be corrected by reasoning or explanation. A constant fear of dying is an example of an obsession, shifting from laughing to crying for no reason demonstrates the inappropriate response of being labile, while having trouble remembering is indicative of amnesia.
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