A Client with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Is Admitted for Treatment of Skin

A client with obsessive-compulsive disorder is admitted for treatment of skin breakdown. The nurse asked the client to refrain from washing his hands too much. Upon hearing this, the client became agitated. The client's nursing care should be based upon the understanding that:

A) OCD behavioral patterns decrease anxiety.
B) Behavioral patterns increase during stressful times.
C) OCD behavioral patterns result in undoing and repression.
D) Behavioral patterns can be interrupted consciously if the client tries.