Which clinical scenario predicts the highest risk for directing violent behavior toward others?
A) Major depressive disorder with delusions of worthlessness
B) Obsessive-compulsive disorder; performs many rituals
C) Paranoid delusions of being followed by alien monsters
D) Completed alcohol withdrawal; beginning a rehabilitation program

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Patients who are delusional, hyperactive, impulsive, or predisposed to irritability are at higher risk for violence. The patient in the correct response has the greatest disruption of ability to perceive reality accurately. People who feel persecuted may strike out against those believed to be persecutors. The other patients have better reality-testing ability.

Which Clinical Scenario Predicts the Highest Risk for Directing Violent