Psychodynamic therapy is considered successful when which of the ...

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Psychodynamic therapy is considered successful when which of the following occurs?
 
  a. Symptoms are well controlled the majority of the time.
  b. The client no longer is obsessed with negative self-characteristics.
  c. Maladaptive character defenses are replaced with adaptive character defenses.
  d. The client no longer needs to be maintained on psychiatric medications.

Question 2

A nurse is facilitating a teaching group for family members of patients with schizophrenia. A focus of the group will be the monitoring of medication administration and side effects. Priority teaching for this focus will concentrate on:
 
  a. minimizing the physical complications related to medication side effects.
  b. identifying methods to manage and control the patient's psychotic behavior.
  c. using tactics proven to be effective in the prevention of patient noncompliance.
  d. recognizing the signs and symptoms of potential medication-related side effects.

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Answer to Question 1

B
Psychodynamic therapy is considered successful when the client no longer is obsessed with negative self-characteristics. Negative self-characteristics are replaced with more positive self-characteristics.

Answer to Question 2

D
Patient and family teaching education programs are necessary to prepare family/caregivers for the complex responsibilities that they will face. The recognition of potential side effects has priority among the given options. The remaining options are all valid teaching topics but are not as directly related to the monitoring of medication administration and side effects as is the correct option.

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