A college student diagnosed with high levels of anxiety is being prepared for discharge. Which discharge criteria is appropriate for this patient?
a. The patient will avoid situations that cause anxiety.
b. The patient will use learned anxiety-reducing strategies.
c. The patient will return to living at home with supportive parents.
d. The patient will state, "I know medication is what I need to control my anxiety."
ANS: B
Using anxiety-reduction strategies will promote maximal functioning. Trying to avoid stress-ful situations is impractical and encourages avoidance, therefore limiting activities and not supporting the development of coping mechanisms. Moving back into the parent's home promotes dependency, and medication therapy is not necessarily the only treatment for anxi-ety.
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