Author Question: A client presents at the mental health clinic with complaints of experiencing a feeling of being ... (Read 124 times)

BrownTown3 · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

A client presents at the mental health clinic with complaints of experiencing a feeling of being unreal. The client is a 37-year-old female who lost her husband and two children in an automobile accident 3 months ago.

The client retains insight and is aware that the experience is not real. The nurse knows that this client is displaying signs and symptoms of what?
A) Dissociative amnesia
B) Dissociative identity disorder
C) Depersonalization disorder
D) Dissociative fugue

Question 2

After a train accident, a 19-year-old male is admitted to a local hospital unable to remember any personal information covering the entire scope of his life. What diagnosis would the nurse expect this patient to have?

A) Depersonalization disorder
B) Dissociative amnesia
C) Dissociative identity disorder
D) Dissociative fugue