[Verified Answer]: Out of Touch” Brittany is a 20-year-old…

Out of Touch” Brittany is a 20-year-old client who is being admitted to the psychiatric crisis unit. She was brought by the police after reports of bizarre behavior at a local grocery store. Brittany was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia at the age of 19 while freshman student at the university. She has been living by herself in an apartment owned by her parents. She has a history of noncompliance with her psychotropic medications as reported by her case-worker. Today she is very delusional and refusing assessment. She tells the admitting nurse, “God told me to warn everybody that meteors are descending to the earth to get into the brains of all women and prevent the overpopulation of the outer planets. She drops to the floor with her arms over her head shouting.” Take cover, take cover- we are falling!” She crawls around on the floor and hides under the desk. 1. What type of theme does Brittany’s delusional thought process indicate? 2. How would you describe the speech pattern of this client? 3. How can the nurse best approach Brittany about her behavior at this point?