NURS 3390 Study Guide - Final Guide: Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Personality Disorder
6 May 2020
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Understand appropriate nursing approaches to address behaviors associated with certain personality. Interventions: certain types of psychotherapy are effective for treating personality disorders. During psychotherapy, an individual can gain insight and knowledge about the disorder and what is contributing to symptoms, and can talk about thoughts, feelings and behaviors. Psychotherapy can help a person understand the effects of their behavior on others and learn to manage or cope with symptoms and to reduce behaviors causing problems with functioning and relationships. The type of treatment will depend on the specific personality disorder, how severe it is, and the individual"s circumstances: commonly used types of psychotherapy include: Psychoeducation (teaching the individual and family members about the illness, treatment and ways of coping) Everyone else here hates me and does not care about me. Idealization: idealizes person when needs are met: devaluation: devalues person when needs are not met, other defense mechanisms may include, projection, denial, dissociation, avoidance, fantasy, acting out and isolation.
