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penguins · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

A group of nurses is discussing various types of psychotherapy. What do they identify as universal practice principles among the different theories and methodologies? Select all that apply.

1. Establishing goals
2. Using effective medications
3. Establishing a treatment time frame
4. Determining behavioral objectives
5. Establishing a therapeutic alliance

Question 2

The nurse is caring for a patient from the Pacific Islander culture who presented to the emergency department with symptoms of both depression and an acute cardiac event. What mental health problem, unique to the patient's culture, does the nurse suspect?

1. Zar
2. Falling out
3. Wincinko
4. Sinking heart

chevyboi1976 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: 1, 5
Explanation: Establishing a therapeutic alliance and establishing treatment goals are an essential part of all psychotherapeutic treatments. Medications may be an adjunctive treatment but are not an essential part of psychotherapy. Time frames are an important part of certain modalities, but some treatments, such as psychoanalysis, may continue open-ended. Behavioral objectives are not critical in all forms of psychotherapy.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: 4
Explanation: Individuals from the Pacific Islander culture may present with sinking heart, with symptoms of both depression and an acute cardiac event. Falling out is associated with the African American culture and describes a sudden collapse without warning in response to trauma. Zar is a mental health problem associated with the African American culture that describes an altered state of consciousness in which the person is possessed by a spirit. Wincinko is a term used by the American Indian and Alaskan Native populations to indicate feelings of anger, withdrawal, mutism, and suicide in response to interpersonal disappointment.