A 15-year-old female is 15 pounds underweight. She believes she is grossly overweight and exercises vigorously daily. She is a straight-A student in school and is the lead singer in her school choir and musical theater group
She is well liked by adults but has few friends her own age. Your nursing assessment of this patient leads you to the potential diagnosis of:
A.
Social anxiety disorder.
B.
Paranoid schizophrenia.
C.
Generalized anxiety disorder.
D.
Eating disorder.
ANS: D
These are the classic symptoms for anorexia nervosa.
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