A client who is Chinese American has been diagnosed with an ...

[piesebel]

A client who is Chinese American has been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. The client tells the
  nurse she thinks her symptoms began when her energy became imbalanced.
 
  When the nurse asks
  what ideas the client has about ways of treating the imbalance, the nurse should expect the client to
  suggest a plan for
  a. eating special foods.
  b. taking antianxiety medication.
  c. undergoing cognitive behavior therapy.
  d. having a native healer perform a ritual.

Question 2

The mother of a young adult client who has schizophrenia tearfully asks the nurse what she could
  have done differently to prevent her child's illness. The most reassuring response for the nurse
  would be
 
  a. Although schizophrenia is caused by impaired interpersonal relationships
  between parents and the child, try not to feel guilty. No one can predict how a
  child will respond to parental guidance..
  b. Most of the damage is done, but there is still hope. By changing your parenting
  style, you can help your child learn to cope more effectively with the
  environment..
  c. Schizophrenia is a biological illness not unlike diabetes and heart disease. You
  are not to blame for your child's illness..
  d. Most mental illnesses result from genetic inheritance. Your genes are more at
  fault than your parenting..

[TheDev123]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
The concept of energy imbalance as a source of illness is an explanatory model familiar to Asian
cultures. A source of healing is dietary change to include either hot or cold foods to correct the
imbalance. Hot and cold in this case do not refer to thermal properties of the foods. Option B
would not be a first-line option for a client with an Eastern worldview. Herbal remedies are more in
keeping with this worldview. Option C: Cognitive therapy would not be a treatment suggested by a
client with an Eastern worldview. Option D: This remedy would be suggested by someone from an
indigenous culture.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
Clients and families need reassurance that the major mental disorders are biological in origin and are
not the fault of parents. Knowing the biological nature of the disorder relieves feelings of guilt
over being responsible for the illness. Option A is neither wholly accurate nor reassuring. Option B
falls short of being reassuring. Option D places the burden of having faulty genes on the shoulders of
the parents.

[piesebel]

Correct answers!

[TheDev123]

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