Which finding best indicates a manic episode in a client with bipolar disorder?
Correct answer: C. Decreased need for sleep, pressured speech, and risky activity
- A. Reduced speech, slowed movement, and feelings of worthlessness
- B. Excessive sleep, increased appetite, and social withdrawal
- C. Decreased need for sleep, pressured speech, and risky activity
- D. Recurrent fear of contamination with repeated hand washing
Explanation
Mania is marked by abnormally elevated or irritable mood, increased energy, reduced need for sleep, rapid speech, grandiosity, distractibility, and risky or goal-directed activity. The other options describe depressive symptoms or obsessive-compulsive symptoms.
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