TEST BANK for Kaplan and Sadock’s Synopsis of Psychiatry 11th Ed All 37 Chapters. 443 Pages

Chapter 12: Dissociative Disorders Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which question would the nurse performing an admission interview for a patient with suspected dissociative amnesia disorder identify as a priority? a. What help would you like us to give you? b. Are you experiencing a high level of anxiety? c. Do you find rituals make you feel more comfortable? d. How would you describe your childhood memories?

ANS: D Due to a recent increase in reported cases of dissociative amnesia involving previously forgotten early childhood memories, assessing such memories would have priority with this patient.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is not generally viewed as a co-morbid disorder of dissociative amnesia. The remaining options would not provide much specific information for this patients condition.

2. Which nursing assessment finding would support a diagnosis of somatoform disorder? a. Patient reports a family history of depression b. The onset of symptoms beginning at age 38 c. An abnormality of the patients left heart ventricle d. Complaints of diarrhea and an erratic menstrual cycle ANS: D The diagnosis of somatization disorder requires that symptoms indicate there is involvement of multiple organ systems (e.g., gastrointestinal, reproductive, neurologic). Structural anomalies