DeMeir, Hynan, Harris, and Manniello (1996) found that mothers of premature and term infants who required neonatal intensive care reported significantly more symptoms of which disorder?
a. Depression c. PTSD
b. Schizophrenia d. Personality disorder
C
DeMeir, Hynan, Harris, and Manniello (1996) evaluated the incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in mothers who experienced a high-risk birth. They found that mothers of premature and term infants who required neonatal intensive care reported significantly more symptoms of PTSD than mothers of term infants who were born without those stress factors present.
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a. MRI b. CT scan c. Thallium scan d. PET
While being comforted in the Emergency Department, the 7-year-old sibling of a pediatric trauma victim blurts out to the nurse, "It's all my fault! When we were fighting yesterday, I told him I wished he was dead!" The nurse, realizing that
the child is experiencing magical thinking, should respond by: 1. Asking the child if he would like to sit down and drink some water. 2. Sitting the child down in an empty room with markers and paper so that he can draw a picture. 3. Calmly discussing the catheters, tubes, and equipment that the client requires, and explaining to the sibling why the client needs them. 4. Reassuring the child that it is normal to get angry and say things that we do not mean, but that we have no control over whether an accident happens.
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