A client who was hospitalized with a diagnosis of schizophrenia tells the nurse, "My veins have turned to stone and my heart is solid!" How would the nurse identify this statement?

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Averi Miller

20 July, 18:11

A client who was hospitalized with a diagnosis of schizophrenia tells the nurse, "My veins have turned to stone and my heart is solid!" How would the nurse identify this statement?

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Mikaela Mullen · Answer 1

Depersonalisation

Explanation:

Schizophrenia is a mental condition which is associated with several psychological symptoms. A person suffering from schizophrenia finds it difficult to distinguish between reality and his/her thoughts and ideas and this condition is known as psychosis. A client stating that "My veins have turned to stone and my heart is solid!" represents depersonalisation which is a condition in schizophrenia where a person has an unstable self-identity and gets a feeling that one's body parts may have changed.