When caring for a 34-year-old male with a history of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which instruction should you provide to your partner?
A) "We must remove family members from around the patient."
B) "We need to determine whether the patient feels suicidal or homicidal."
C) "We need to determine whether the patient has ever killed anyone."
D) "We need to determine whether the patient remembers the event that caused the PTSD."
B) "We need to determine whether the patient feels suicidal or homicidal."
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