A college student has been invited to be the best man at the ...

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A college student has been invited to be the best man at the wedding of a college friend who lives
  across the country. The wedding is in 6 weeks. He must travel by plane but is afraid of flying. A
  nurse suggests seeing a therapist.
 
  What type of therapy would the nurse be most likely to
  recommend?
  a. Psychoanalysis
  b. Milieu therapy
  c. Systematic desensitization
  d. Short-term dynamic therapy

Question 2

A health care aide caring for a mentally ill client receiving home care insists that the client must
  balance energy forces of his body by eating specific foods.
 
  The client tells the nurse that he goes
  along with the diet to keep the aide happy.. The community psychiatric nurse should assess this
  situation as demonstrating
  a. biculturalism.
  b. cultural imposition.
  c. culture-bound syndrome.
  d. preserve-accommodate-restructure phenomenon.

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
Systematic desensitization is a type of therapy aimed at extinguishing a specific behavior, such as
the fear of flying. Options A and D: Psychoanalysis and short-term dynamic therapy are aimed at
uncovering conflicts. Option B: Milieu therapy involves environmental factors. None of these would
be likely to cause behavioral change in 6 weeks.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Cultural imposition occurs when a member of one culture forces a member of another culture to
adhere to the certain cultural norms. Option A refers to the ability to move back and forth between
traditional culture and a new culture. Option C: A culture-bound illness refers to the behavior that
one culture understands as illness but that is not so designated in other cultures. Option D refers to a
framework for care planning that preserves helpful aspects of client culture, accommodates neutral
practices, and restructures problematic patterns.