An interview with a depressed client reveals to the nurse that psychodynamic factors may underlie the client's depression. Psychodynamic theory attributes the development of mood disorders to which of the following?
A) Unexpressed and unconscious anger
B) Repressed sexuality
C) Current situational difficulties
D) Loss of cultural identity
Ans: A
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Psychodynamic theories postulate that clients with depression have unexpressed and unconscious anger about feeling helpless or dependent on others. They cannot express this anger toward the person or people on whom they feel dependent, so their anger turns inward.
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