A client diagnosed with brief psychotic disorder tells a nurse about voices telling him to kill the president. Which nursing diagnosis should the nurse prioritize for this client?

Individuals with OCD often engage in compulsive behaviors, such as repetitive cleaning, as a way to alleviate or decrease anxiety associated with obsessive thoughts. In the context of OCD, obsessions are intrusive and distressing thoughts, images, or urges that cause significant anxiety, while compulsions are repetitive behaviors or mental acts performed in response to the obsessions.

A. Decrease the time available for interaction with people:

While individuals with OCD may isolate themselves due to their symptoms, the primary motivation for repetitive behaviors like cleaning is to manage anxiety, not necessarily to avoid interaction with others.

B. Prevent aggressive and impulsive behaviors:

OCD compulsions are not typically aimed at preventing aggressive or impulsive behaviors. They are driven by the need to reduce distress related to obsessive thoughts.

C. Decrease anxiety:

This is the correct answer. Compulsive behaviors in OCD are often ritualistic actions performed to reduce the anxiety associated with obsessive thoughts. Cleaning, in this case, is a way for the individual to feel a sense of control and alleviate anxiety.

D. Manipulate others

The primary motive behind OCD compulsions is to manage personal anxiety, not to manipulate others. Individuals with OCD often recognize that their compulsions are excessive or irrational, but they feel driven to perform them to alleviate anxiety.

A. These programs help clients correct distorted body image:

While behavioral programs may incorporate components related to body image, the primary focus is often on addressing and modifying specific behaviors associated with eating disorders, such as binge eating, purging, or restrictive eating.

B. These programs help clients manage uncontrollable behaviors:

This is the correct answer. Behavior modification programs aim to address and modify specific behaviors that contribute to eating disorders. This can include establishing healthier eating patterns, reducing binge-purge cycles, and promoting more adaptive coping strategies.

C. These programs allow clients to maintain control:

While the concept of control is relevant to eating disorders, behavior modification programs are designed to help clients gain control over maladaptive behaviors and establish healthier patterns. It's not about maintaining control over the disorder itself.

D. These programs address underlying client anger:

While emotions, including anger, may play a role in eating disorders, behavior modification programs are more focused on targeting and modifying specific behaviors rather than addressing underlying emotions directly. Emotional aspects may be addressed through additional therapeutic interventions