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saraeharris

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One of the major contributions of the DSM was to:
 
  a. officially recognize psychoanalytic theories as the primary etiology of all psychiatric disorders
  b. indicate which psychiatric disorders have a neurophysiological basis and which have a psychoanalytic basis
  c. officially recognize neurophysiological theories as the primary etiology of all psychiatric disorders
  d. describe the phenomena of mental disorder without taking sides in the controversies of causation

Question 2

A nurse is caring for a client with paranoid schizophrenia. Which initial intervention by the nurse is most appropriate when caring for this client?
 
  A) Allowing the client to take charge of his or her self-care independently
  B) Putting the client in the first group therapy session with an opening
  C) Helping the client to decide where he wants to go in life
  D) Helping the client to decrease his anxiety and establish trust



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Answer to Question 1

D
A very important advantage of the DSM is the avoidance of controversies about what causes psychiatric conditions. Much of the American and British psychiatry in the middle 20th century had been dominated by psychoanalysis, and psychoanalytic theories of etiology were complex and rooted in subjective interpretations of reported memories, experiences, and dreams. The neutrality of the DSM opened the way both for the widespread acceptance of the DSM and for new, increasingly biological approaches to the understanding of mental illness.

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