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An admission note describes a patient as being "lively,excessively emotional,attention seeking,and superficial." The patient's history reveals stormy relationships with friends and lovers.The patient only seems comfortable when the focus of attention and becomes anxious when the focus changes.The nurse anticipates that the DSM-IV-TR diagnosis that is being considered is _____ personality disorder.

An admission note describes a patient as being "lively,excessively emotional,attention seeking,and superficial." The patient's history reveals stormy relationships with friends and lovers.The patient only seems comfortable when the focus of attention and becomes anxious when the focus changes.The nurse anticipates that the DSM-IV-TR diagnosis that is being considered is _____ personality disorder.


A) paranoid
B) antisocial
C) histrionic
D) obsessive-compulsive

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