MODULE 3: MENTAL HEALTH CONCEPTS questions and answers rated 5 stars (contains latest 2023 updates)

MODULE 3: MENTAL HEALTH CONCEPTS questions and answers rated 5 stars (contains latest 2023 updates) The defense mechanism of displacement involves the discharge of intense feelings for one person onto a substitute person or object that is less threatening to satisfy an impulse. Projection involves attributing an attitude, behavior, or impulse, such as that which occurs in blaming or scapegoating, to someone else. Sublimation is the act of re-channeling an impulse into a more socially acceptable object. Identification involves modeling behavior after someone else's. - The mother of a 3-year-old child tells the nurse that her child hit her doll after the mother scolded her for picking the neighbors' flowers. Which defense mechanism used by the child does the nurse identify in the mother's report? a. Projection b. Identification c. Displacement d. Sublimation a. "You seem to be feeling regret." The therapeutic response is one that seeks to promote the client to re-frame a situation. In stating, "Don't blame yourself. Some people just turn out bad no matter what," the nurse uses a social generalized response. In stating, "All we can do is give our children love and do our very best. The rest is up to them," the nurse uses trite, cliche social, non-therapeutic communication. In asking, "Do I hear you saying that you feel that your son's behavior was caused by his upbringing?" the nurse uses an inappropriate and inaccurate interpretation, which is insensitive. - A nurse is talking to a client with depression when the client says, "I don't know why my son turned out like he did. I never thought that he would rob a bank! I don't know what I did wrong. I know that he didn't grow up with a father, but I gave him everything. I wish I could start over and do things differently." Which response by the nurse would be therapeutic? a. "You seem to be feeling regret." b. "Don't blame yourself. Some people just turn out bad no matter what." c. "All we can do is give our children love and do our very best. The rest is up to them." d. "Do I hear you saying that you feel that your son's behavior was caused by his upbringing?" b. "It seems that you're blaming yourself for something that was beyond your control." The correct option involves the use of the communication technique of reflection and encourages the client to further verbalize his thoughts and feelings. In stating, "I don't know what to say. It was a terrible fire. I'm so sorry this happened," the nurse is using a social response and the non-therapeutic communication technique of agreeing. In stating, "It seems to me that you're making this all about you when many people died in that fire," the nurse is using the non-therapeutic communication techniques of disapproval and judging. In stating, "You should be thankful that you're a survivor. The victims and their families lost, not you," the nurse is non-therapeutically lecturing the client. - A survivor of a nightclub fire that killed more than 100 people says to the nurse, "It sh