Phlebotomy Essentials
6th Edition
ISBN:9781451194524
Author:Ruth McCall, Cathee M. Tankersley MT(ASCP)
Publisher:Ruth McCall, Cathee M. Tankersley MT(ASCP)
Chapter1: Phlebotomy: Past And Present And The Healthcare Setting
Section: Chapter Questions
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What disorder/s does she have?

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gan to avoid going
that something bad
he would be unable
More recently, she
in the daytime as
exposed and vulner-
jogged daily, maintained
work of friends, and had "r
plaints."
On initial interview, Ms
she had been sad for a few
her boyfriend left, but deni
ing felt worthless, guilty, hopeless, anhe-
donic, or suicidal. She said her weight
was unchanged and her sleep was fine.
She denied psychomotor changes. She
did describe significant anxiety, with a
Beck Anxiety Inventory score of 28, indi
cating severe anxiety

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Peggy Isaac was a 41-year-old ad-
ministrative assistant who was referred
for an outpatient evaluation by her pri-
mary care physician with a chief com-
plaint of "I'm always on edge." She
lived alone and had never married or
had children. She had never before seen
able" walking to the grocery store three
blocks away, so she avoided shopping.
After describing that she had figured out
how to get her food delivered, she
added, "It's ridiculous. I honestly feel
something terrible is going to happen in
one of the aisles and no one will help me;
a psychiatrist.
Ms. Isaac had lived with her longtime
boyfriend until 8 months earlier, at
which time he had abruptly ended the
relationship to date a younger woman.
Soon thereafter, Ms. Isaac began to ago-
nize about routine tasks and the possi-
so I won't even go in." When in her
apartment, she could often relax and en-
joy a good book or movie.
Ms. Isaac said she had "always been a
little nervous." Through much of kin-
dergarten, she had cried inconsolably
when her mother tried to drop her off.
bility of making mistakes at work. She
felt uncharacteristically tense and fa-
tigued. She had difficulty focusing. She
also started to worry excessively about
money and, to economize, she moved
into a cheaper apartment in a less desir-
able neighborhood. She repeatedly sought
She reported seeing a counselor at age
10, during her parents' divorce, because
"my mother thought I was too clingy."
She added that she had never liked be-
ing alone, having had boyfriends con-
stantly (occasionally overlapping) since
age 16. She explained, "I hated being sin-
gle, and I was always pretty, so I was
never single for very long." Neverthe-
less, until the recent breakup, she said
she had always thought of herself as
"fine." She had been successful at work,
jogged daily, maintained a solid net-
work of friends, and had "no real com-
reassurance from her office mates and
her mother. No one seemed able to help,
and she worried about being "too much
of a burden."
During the 3 months prior to the eval-
uation, Ms. Isaac began to avoid going
out at night, fearing that something bad
would happen and she would be unable
to summon help. More recently, she
avoided going out in the daytime as
well. She also felt "exposed and vulner-
plaints"
On initial interview, Ms. Isaac said
she had been sad for a few weeks after
her boyfriend left, but denied ever hav-
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