A client has obsessive–compulsive disease, which has seriously interfered with his ability to work. To help the client, the nurse must understand that a compulsion is what?
A) A feeling of unreality or strangeness concerning oneself, the environment, or both
B) An insistent thought recognized as arising from the self but not controllable by the person
C) A repetitive intrusive and unwanted urge to perform or performance of an act contrary to one's usual standards
D) A fixed false belief not true to fact and not ordinarily accepted by other members of the person's culture
Ans: C
A compulsion is an urge to perform a behavior or the actual performance of the behavior (such as washing the hands), while an obsession is an intrusive thought that recurs, even when unwanted. Depersonalization is a feeling of unreality or strangeness, concerning self, environment, or both. Obsessions are insistent thoughts, recognized as arising from the self, which cannot be controlled. Delusions encompass fixed false beliefs not true and not ordinarily accepted by other members of the person's culture.
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