A psychiatric-mental health nurse is assessing a client and suspects that the client is experiencing obsessive-compulsive disorder. Which finding would support the nurse's suspicion?

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Most individuals appear neatly dressed and groomed, cooperative, and eager to answer questions. Speech will be at normal rate and volume, but often, individuals with an obsessional style of thinking exhibit circumferential speech. This speech, loaded with irrelevant details, eventually addresses the question. Individuals with OCD do not have a higher prevalence of physical disease than others. However, they may report multiple physical symptoms.

A Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Is Assessing a Client and Suspects