Question

"Karen was being treated for dissociative identity disorder. Her personalities included a young tomboy, a sexually promiscuous young woman and an overly cautious older woman. What will be the primary therapeutic goal for Karen

Answer 1

The primary therapeutic goal for Karen will be to INTEGRATE ALL HER PERSONALITIES INTO ONE WHOLE.

Explanation:

Dissociative identity disorder (also known as multiple personality disorder) is a severe form of dissociation, a mental process which produces a lack of connection in a person's thoughts, memories, feelings, actions, or sense of identity. The dissociative aspect is thought to be a coping mechanism; the person literally shuts off or dissociates himself from a situation or experience that's too violent, traumatic, or painful to assimilate with his conscious self.

Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is characterised by the presence of two or more distinct personality identities. Each may have a unique name, personality history and characteristics.

The goals of treatment for DID are to relieve symptoms, ensure the safety of individual, and those around the individual, and "reconnect" the different personalities into one integrated, well-functioning identity.

Therefore, the primary therapeutic goal for Karen will be TO INTEGRATE ALL HER PERSONALITIES INTO ONE WHOLE.

Answer 2

B

Step-by-step explanation:

Full question

Karen was being treated for dissociative identity disorder. Her personalities included a young tomboy, a sexually promiscuous young woman and an overly cautious older woman. What will be the primary therapeutic goal for Karen?

A. to uncover the root cause of her disorder

B. to integrate all her personalities into one whole

C. to allow her favorite personality to triumph over the others

D. to reconcile the differences between the personalities so an entirely new personality can emerge

To imtegrate all her personalities into one whole

The goals of treatment for dissociative disorders are to aid patients to safely recall and process painful memories, have the ability to grow coping skills, and, in the case of dissociative identity disorder, to integrate the different identities into one functional person. There is no medication that can be used against this disorder just a therapeutic treatment can be used.