A woman goes to the airport to pick up her husband, returning from one of many business trips. Persons awaiting his flight are directed to a conference room where airline counselors explain that the flight crashed into the ocean, and it is believed that there are no survivors. The woman tells a counselor that it is too soon to be sure, he might still be alive, clinging to wreckage and waiting to be found. The patient is demonstrating:

A woman goes to the airport to pick up her husband, returning from one of many business trips. Persons awaiting his flight are directed to a conference room where airline counselors explain that the flight crashed into the ocean, and it is believed that there are no survivors. The woman tells a counselor that it is too soon to be sure, he might still be alive, clinging to wreckage and waiting to be found. The patient is demonstrating:

A woman goes to the airport to pick up her husband, returning from one of many business trips. Persons awaiting his flight are directed to a conference room where airline counselors explain that the flight crashed into the ocean, and it is believed that there are no survivors. The woman tells a counselor that it is too soon to be sure, he might still be alive, clinging to wreckage and waiting to be found. The patient is demonstrating:



a. trial-and-error problem solving.

b. adaptive denial.

c. ineffective denial.

d. acute confusion.



Answer: B


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