Multiple Choice
A salesman has had difficulty holding a job because he accuses co-workers of conspiring to take his sales.Today,he argued with several office mates and threatened to kill one of them.The police were called,and he was brought to the mental health center for evaluation.He has had previous admissions to the unit for stabilization of paranoid schizophrenia.When the nurse meets him,he points at staff in the nursing station and states loudly,"They're all plotting to destroy me.Isn't that true?" Which would be the most appropriate response?
A) "No,that is not true.People here are trying to help you if you will let them."
B) "Let's think about it: what reason would people have to want to destroy you?"
C) "Thinking that people want to destroy you must be very frightening."
D) "That doesn't make sense;staff are health care workers,not murderers."
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