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NUR 253/ NUR253 Exam 3 – Concepts of Mental Health Nursing Review| Galen (Latest 2026/ 2027 Update) 100% Verified Questions & Answers | Grade A QUESTION acute stress d/o develops after exposure to a hightly traumatic event same as PTSD except tf QUESTION acute stress d/o dx'ed from Answer: 3 days to 1 month after event QUESTION if acute stress d/o is unresolved Answer: develops into PTSD (more than a month) QUESTION adjustment diorder Answer: precipitated by one stressful event (ex. divorce, retirement) QUESTION adjustment disorder dx'ed w/in Answer: 3 months and occurs freq in hospitalized pts QUESTION complicated grief as adjustment disorder Answer: occurs w/in 12 months of death of loved one preoccupied w/ death, intense grief, diff. planning the future may occur QUESTION dissociative disorder Answer: occurs after significant acute adverse experience emotionally separates from the even unconsciously responds w/t sever interruption in consciousness QUESTION depersonalization Answer: outside of body & only observing it (out of body exp) feels "weird", looks "weird" QUESTION derealization Answer: you are not in this world; only observing it things around them are not real QUESTION depersonalization & derealization can be Answer: a symptom to anxiety or PTSD or a disorder themselves QUESTION dissociative amnesia Answer: inability to recall important personal info often of traumatic or stressful nature QUESTION localized dissociative amnesia Answer: unable to remember ALL events in a certain periods QUESTION selective dissociative amnesia Answer: able to recall some but not all events in a certain period QUESTION dissociative fugue Answer: sudden, unexpected travel away & inability to recall identity & info about some/all of the past QUESTION dissociative identity disorder Answer: presence of 2 or more distinct personality states QUESTION primary host is Answer: usually not away of alters (blocks out event) moralistic QUESTION alters Answer: may be aware of existence of others and can be naughty QUESTION each alter has own pattern of Answer: perceiving relating to thinking about the self and environment QUESTION dissociative identity disorder will switch Answer:

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NURl 253/l NUR253l Examl 3l –l Conceptsl
ofl Mentall Healthl Nursingl Review|l Galenl
(Latestl 2026/l 2027l Update)l 100%l
Verifiedl Questionsl &l Answersl |l Gradel A

Q:l acutel stressl d/o
Answer:
developsl afterl exposurel tol al hightlyl traumaticl event
samel asl PTSDl exceptl tf



Q:l acutel stressl d/ol dx'edl from
Answer:
3l daysl tol 1l monthl afterl event



Q:l ifl acutel stressl d/ol isl unresolved
Answer:
developsl intol PTSDl (morel thanl al month)



Q:l adjustmentl diorder
Answer:
precipitatedl byl onel stressfull eventl (ex.l divorce,l retirement)



Q:l adjustmentl disorderl dx'edl w/in
Answer:

,3l monthsl andl occursl freql inl hospitalizedl pts



Q:l complicatedl griefl asl adjustmentl disorder
Answer:
occursl w/inl 12l monthsl ofl deathl ofl lovedl one
preoccupiedl w/l death,l intensel grief,l diff.l planningl thel futurel mayl occur



Q:l dissociativel disorder
Answer:
occursl afterl significantl acutel adversel experience
emotionallyl separatesl froml thel evenl unconsciously
respondsl w/tl severl interruptionl inl consciousness



Q:l depersonalization
Answer:
outsidel ofl bodyl &l onlyl observingl itl (outl ofl bodyl exp)
feelsl "weird",l looksl "weird"



Q:l derealization
Answer:
youl arel notl inl thisl world;l onlyl observingl it
thingsl aroundl theml arel notl real



Q:l depersonalizationl &l derealizationl canl be
Answer:
al symptoml tol anxietyl orl PTSDl orl al disorderl themselves

,Q:l dissociativel amnesia
Answer:
inabilityl tol recalll importantl personall infol oftenl ofl traumaticl orl stressfull nature



Q:l localizedl dissociativel amnesia
Answer:
unablel tol rememberl ALLl eventsl inl al certainl periods



Q:l selectivel dissociativel amnesia
Answer:
ablel tol recalll somel butl notl alll eventsl inl al certainl period



Q:l dissociativel fugue
Answer:
sudden,l unexpectedl travell awayl &l inabilityl tol recalll identityl &l infol aboutl some/alll ofl
thel past



Q:l dissociativel identityl disorder
Answer:
presencel ofl 2l orl morel distinctl personalityl states



Q:l primaryl hostl is
Answer:
usuallyl notl awayl ofl altersl (blocksl outl event)
moralistic

, Q:l alters
Answer:
mayl bel awarel ofl existencel ofl othersl andl canl bel naughty



Q:l eachl alterl hasl ownl patternl of
Answer:
perceiving
relatingl to
thinkingl aboutl thel selfl andl environment



Q:l dissociativel identityl disorderl willl switch
Answer:
inl timesl ofl highl stress



Q:l ultimatel goall withl dissociativel identityl disorder
Answer:
integratel fragmentedl personalitiesl intol thel onel personality



Q:l dissociativel identityl disorderl implementation
Answer:
safety
therapeuticl
coping/stressl management
groundingl techniques
dailyl journal

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