When planning care for a female patient diagnosed with obsessive and compulsive behavior, Nurse Barbara and case manager Marc must recognize that the ritual:
A.
Assists the patient to understand their inability to deal with reality.
B.
Helps the patient to be in control of their anxiety.
C.
Helps the patient control the obsessive and compulsive behavior.
D.
Is used to manipulate others.
ANS: B
The rituals performed by the patient with obsessive-compulsive disorder are a substitute for the cause of the anxiety.
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