Randy's father recently died in an automobile accident. Since his father's death, Randy has appeared emotionally unchanged but is now frequently truant from school, engages in reckless driving, and fights with other teens. A suitable diagnosis for Randy might be a (n) ___________.
A) adjustment disorder with mixed disturbance of emotion and conduct
B) adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood
C) adjustment disorder with disturbance of conduct
D) adjustment disorder unspecified

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Randy's behaviors (frequent truancy, reckless driving, and fighting) indicate a disturbance of conduct rather than a mixed disturbance of emotion and conduct or mixed anxiety and depressed mood. There's no mention of emotional symptoms that would suggest a mixed disturbance or unspecified adjustment disorder.

Randy's Father Recently Died in an Automobile Accident