Author Question: In the aftermath of a civil riot, some families in a neighborhood band together to help each other ... (Read 19 times)

Alainaaa8 · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

In the aftermath of a civil riot, some families in a neighborhood band together to help each other out. Other families sneak out after the mandated curfew and engage in looting from unsecured stores.

The latter families' behavior demonstrates Bowen's concept of: a. relativistic thinking
b. enmeshment
c. societal regression
d. triangulation

Question 2

A patient being treated for severe depression shows resistance to involvement in the nurse-patient relationship by being withdrawn and unresponsive. There is also preoccupation with guilt and hopelessness.

When interacting with the patient, which response would have the greatest therapeutic impact? a. Everything will work out..
b. Let's explore the origins of your pessimism..
c. It's very likely that you will feel better as your treatment continues..
d. You have to help yourself by getting rid of your negative thoughts..

flannelavenger · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

C
Families who would sneak out after the mandated curfew and engage in looting from unsecured stores were demonstrating Bowen's concept of social regression. Social regression is used to describe the process of how intense anxiety leads to emotionally based decisions. In response to increasing or chronic anxiety, families' decisions become emotional rather than intellectual. Situations such as the civil riot produce such emotionally laden responses in virtually all families.

Answer to Question 2

C
Patients with depression need reassurance that their current pain and despair are not permanent. Nurses can convey a sense of hope that treatment will produce change, albeit slowly. Providing false reassurance that everything will work out is not therapeutic since the nurse cannot truly promise that outcome. The remaining options are negative and somewhat condescending.