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cagreen833

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Select the most important assessment question to ask a patient suspected of having a dissociative disorder.
 
  a. Do any members of your family have problems with drugs or alcohol?
  b. Do you ever find yourself in places with no idea how you got there?
  c. How would you describe your current level of anxiety?
  d. How do you think we can be of help to you?

Question 2

A priority focus of milieu management for a patient diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder (DID) should be
 
  a. ensuring safety.
  b. stimulating memory return.
  c. insight-oriented group therapy.
  d. gathering data about family relationships.



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xiaomengxian

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Answer to Question 1

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The correct response would provide information relevant to dissociative amnesia, dissociative fugue, or dissociative identity disorder, making it a good assessment question. The other questions are of no particular relevance.

Answer to Question 2

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Patients with DID have a host personality and one or more alternates. It is not unusual for one of the alternate personalities to be depressed and wish to commit suicide or for a personality to wish to harm the others. Safety is the priority concern in care.




cagreen833

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Reply 2 on: Jul 11, 2018
Wow, this really help


steff9894

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Great answer, keep it coming :)

 

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