The nurse practitioner plans to use a psychoanalytical framework when treating a client diagnosed with an anxiety disorder.Which should 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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In psychoanalytic theory, the superego is the part of the psyche that contains the individual's morality and values. Exploring behaviors and defense mechanisms associated with the superego would be the focus of the psychoanalytical framework used in treating an anxiety disorder. This approach seeks to uncover unconscious conflicts that may contribute to the client's anxiety and help the client become more self-aware of their thoughts and behaviors.

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