Lara is taken by her friends to the mental health crisis unit. She suffers from chronic alcoholism but has had no previous history of mental problems. She says that she is frightened because she believes that bugs are crawling on her skin. The emergency room psychiatrist would be correct to hypothesize that Lara is manifesting __________.
A. delirium tremens from alcohol withdrawal
B. an acute schizophrenic episode
C. the manic phase of a bipolar disorder
D. a pseudo-epileptic seizure
Answer: A
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