The nurse practitioner plans to use a psychoanalytical framework when treating a client diagnosed with an anxiety disorder.Which would be the focus of this nursing intervention?
A) Correcting inappropriate learning patterns
B) Changing a dysfunctional social environment
C) Exploring the "here and now" with the client and family
D) Exploring behaviors and defense mechanisms associated with the superego.

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Freud identified the superego as the component of the personality that strives for perfection.Violation of the superego's standards generates guilt and anxiety in a person with a strong superego and understanding of these defense mechanisms is identified as important to assisting the client in achieving desired changes or accepting themselves as unique individuals.

The Nurse Practitioner Plans to Use a Psychoanalytical Framework When