Marital and Family Therapy

Category - Assessment

Jennifer has been experiencing shortness of breath, helplessness, disorientation, and thoughts of impending death. Diagnostically, panic disorder seems to be the most appropriate diagnosis. However, in order to complete the diagnosis, you must specify whether or not it occurs with or without:
  1. Substance use
  2. Agoraphobia
  3. Depressive symptoms
  4. Gastrointestinal disturbance
Explanation
Answer - B - A complete diagnosis of panic disorder includes whether or not Agoraphobia is an included piece of the diagnostic impression. Agoraphobia is used to determine whether or not an individual has symptoms only in the presence of outside, unknown stimuli.
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