NBME 20 “How frightening for you to see your son like this. Do you have any idea about what might be causing his behavior?” (NBME Answers)

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A 20-year-old man is brought to the physician ...
“How frightening for you to see your son like this. Do you have any idea about what might be causing his behavior?” 🔍 / 📺 / 🌳 / 📖
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submitted by ∗stepwarrior(29)

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You're just going to diss the son like that right in front of him?

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splanchnic made an account to upvote this +8

snoodle I agree - I was stuck between this and "Was he under any unusual stress at home/school or did he have any problems with a gf when all of this started?" and I chose the latter. I didn't want to choose this because why would you want to call the son frightening in front of the son?! I didn't want to choose the answer I chose, either, because you aren't supposed to imply he's straight :/ annoying af +1

makingstrides I don't think that's what frightening meant. It's meant to describe the mother who is worried about the son. +1

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submitted by thomas(3)

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The first sentence acknowledges the patient's emotions, which is always good. The second sentence is good because it begins the interview with an open-ended question.

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submitted by ∗kevin(52)

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Empathize, then open ended question. Doesn't matter how dumb it is, if it ticks that box it's right

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