Question

While in the facility, a client with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) saves all used medicine cups and paper cups and arranges them in elaborate sculptures in the room. At home, the client saves mail and magazines and makes elaborate paper sculptures from them. Which action by the client indicates progression toward the treatment goals

Answer 1

Answer:

The client throws away all disposable cups

Explanation:

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is treated with the use of medication and cognitive behavioral therapy. The results of this treatment are not immediate, but show a progressive healing progress, where the client gradually improves. In the case shown above, an action that the client could take and that would show the progression of the treatment towards the goals of the same would happen if the client threw away the disposable cups in the storage area, showing a correct behavior to be done.