Exam 32: Family Interventions

A nurse is planning a mental health-oriented training session for high school guidance counselors.Considering the counselors' target population,which type of program should the nurse focus on in the training in-service?

An essential outcome of family therapy is:

It is useful initially for a therapist who is completing a family assessment to:

A fundamental component of family therapy is: (Select all that apply.)

An adolescent has been hospitalized after telling the mother,"I can't stand all the arguing between Dad and me; I just want to die and be away from all the yelling." The unit nurse manager expects the patient's psychiatric health provider will recommend _____ therapy.

The diagnosis of a parent-child relational problem is indicated on which DSM-IV-TR axis?

Which method should be used to assess changes in parent-child interactions as part of a family intervention?

To conduct research based on family intervention,the researcher would focus on the family as a unit or system to better understand family:

When assessing a family for functional versus dysfunctional characteristics,which is a dysfunctional target symptom the nurse should identify?

A nurse suspects that an adolescent patient is at risk for psychiatric problems according to the risk and protective factors model.Which information gathered during the intake assessment supports this suspicion?

A nurse is managing the care of a family who has had no previous experience with community mental health care.The intervention addressed at the initial meeting should focus on:

Skill building may include relapse-prevention drills and disorder-related conflict skills for adult patients diagnosed with schizophrenia or a mood disorder.Along with skill building,the patient typically receives individualized:

An adolescent with a history of multiple minor physical injuries is sent to the school nurse because of a large bruise on the lower left leg.The adolescent says,"I think I got the bruise when I fell." The school nurse should interview the adolescent with a primary focus on:

The discharge plan for a patient newly diagnosed with bipolar disorder includes a variety of treatment modalities.The most likely rationale for including both psychoeducational and family therapy to the plan of care is that they are:

One of the primary goals identified in marital therapy is:

Which term refers to the mutual support,time,energy,resources,and advancement of awareness about psychiatric illness needed to advocate for improved family services?

A family participating in family therapy has identified the middle child as being the source of the family's conflict.What will the family therapist most likely suggest?