FOUNDATIONS OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE 8TH EDITION BY
STUVIA GURU| 2024/2025 |CHAPTER 1-30| COMPLETE SET
OF QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS . DISCOUNTED !!!!
The father of a 6-month-old and a 3-year-old discovers that his wife, who is the mother of the children,
has abandoned the family and moved to another state. During this developmental stage, this
abandonment will have the strongest negative effect on the children's: - ANSWER-self-concept
ANS: B
Trust and consistency play a major role in the development of a child's self-concept.
Abandonment provides neither. The mother's absence may not affect the motor or cognitive skills of the
children. Body image is only one component of self-concept.
QUESTION: The hospice nurse notices that, following the death of his wife of 50 years, a surviving
husband's affect is anxious, and he reports a feeling of detachment from his body, stating, "I feel like I am
seeing myself from outside of my body." The caregiver knows that this client is displaying the
characteristics of the dissociative disorder of: - ANSWER-depersonalization disorder
ANS: D
, Depersonalization serves as a defense mechanism in response to severe anxiety. The person often is
described as "working on automatic" or **functioning as a robot." The characteristics listed describe the
behavioral or social signs and symptoms of depersonalized disorder.
Fugue is characterized by traveling that occurs suddenly and unexpectedly with no recall of the traveling.
Amnesia is the inability to remember personal information, and dissociative identity disorder was
formerly known as multiple personality disorder.
QUESTION: The nurse witnesses different personalities emerging in the client with dissociative identity
disorder (DID). The primary personality is referred to as the: - ANSWER-host
ANS: A
Host is the term for the primary personality, which may not be aware of the alters (the other
personalities). Ego is one component of the three-part theory of the ego, id, and super-ego identified by
Sigmund Freud when referring to his belief of how personalities are structured.
Identity refers to how one sees oneself.
QUESTION: When developing the nursing care plan for a client with dissociative identity disorder (DID),
the nurse knows that one of the major goals of therapy is to assist the client in: - ANSWER-Integrating
the personalities into one functional personality
ANS: B
It is important for therapy to assist the client in combining the personalities into one, so that the
individual is able to function and cope effectively with daily stressors. Naming the personalities might
STUVIA GURU| 2024/2025 |CHAPTER 1-30| COMPLETE SET
OF QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS . DISCOUNTED !!!!
The father of a 6-month-old and a 3-year-old discovers that his wife, who is the mother of the children,
has abandoned the family and moved to another state. During this developmental stage, this
abandonment will have the strongest negative effect on the children's: - ANSWER-self-concept
ANS: B
Trust and consistency play a major role in the development of a child's self-concept.
Abandonment provides neither. The mother's absence may not affect the motor or cognitive skills of the
children. Body image is only one component of self-concept.
QUESTION: The hospice nurse notices that, following the death of his wife of 50 years, a surviving
husband's affect is anxious, and he reports a feeling of detachment from his body, stating, "I feel like I am
seeing myself from outside of my body." The caregiver knows that this client is displaying the
characteristics of the dissociative disorder of: - ANSWER-depersonalization disorder
ANS: D
, Depersonalization serves as a defense mechanism in response to severe anxiety. The person often is
described as "working on automatic" or **functioning as a robot." The characteristics listed describe the
behavioral or social signs and symptoms of depersonalized disorder.
Fugue is characterized by traveling that occurs suddenly and unexpectedly with no recall of the traveling.
Amnesia is the inability to remember personal information, and dissociative identity disorder was
formerly known as multiple personality disorder.
QUESTION: The nurse witnesses different personalities emerging in the client with dissociative identity
disorder (DID). The primary personality is referred to as the: - ANSWER-host
ANS: A
Host is the term for the primary personality, which may not be aware of the alters (the other
personalities). Ego is one component of the three-part theory of the ego, id, and super-ego identified by
Sigmund Freud when referring to his belief of how personalities are structured.
Identity refers to how one sees oneself.
QUESTION: When developing the nursing care plan for a client with dissociative identity disorder (DID),
the nurse knows that one of the major goals of therapy is to assist the client in: - ANSWER-Integrating
the personalities into one functional personality
ANS: B
It is important for therapy to assist the client in combining the personalities into one, so that the
individual is able to function and cope effectively with daily stressors. Naming the personalities might
