The nurse is working with a client who is being admitted to the psychiatric–mental health unit. The client was missing for two weeks and returned home not knowing any time had passed
Which of the following dissociative disorders has this client experienced? 1. Amnesia
2. Depersonalization disorder
3. Fugue
4. Dissociative identity disorder (DID)
3
Rationale: A person with dissociative fugue wanders, usually far from home and for days, perhaps even weeks or months, at a time. During this period, clients completely forget their past life and associations; but unlike people with amnesia, they are unaware of having forgotten anything. When they return to their former consciousness, they do not remember the period of fugue.
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