When developing the nursing care plan for a client with dissociative identity disorder (DID), the nurse knows that one of the major goals of therapy is to assist the client in:
a. Naming all personalities for clarification
b. Integrating the personalities into one functional personality
c. Realizing when different personalities are about to emerge
d. Learning how to move from one personality to another
B
It is important for therapy to assist the client in combining the personalities into one, so that the individual is able to function and cope effectively with daily stressors. Naming the personalities might occur without thought but is not necessary. In addition, realizing when alters are about to emerge and learning how to move among personalities are not goals of treatment.
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