Question 25  <br/>Psychiatric assessment of the adolescent patient

is different in several ways from assessment of younger children. While trying to establish a therapeutic environment with an adolescent who is openly hostile, one of the most important things the PMHNP can do is to:

A. Be more liberal in terms of limit setting and tolerating hostility in order to facilitate honest communication

B. Ensure the patient that under no circumstances will anything said be repeated to the parents
C. Allow silences to last as long as necessary until the patient is inclined to offer any verbal input
D. Communicate to the patient that his or her perspective is valued and will not be judged or critiqued