Priority Interventions for a Patient Diagnosed with Major Depression and Feelings

question 32

Multiple Choice

Priority interventions for a patient diagnosed with major depression and feelings of worthlessness should include:

• A) distracting the patient from self-absorption.
• B) careful unobtrusive observation around the clock.
• C) allowing the patient to spend long periods alone in meditation.
• D) opportunities to assume a leadership role in the therapeutic milieu.

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Definitions:

Permanent Change

A lasting alteration in behavior, situation, or environment that does not revert back to its original state.

Cognition

The act of learning and comprehending by using one's thoughts, experiences, and sensory inputs.

Conditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that was once neutral but, through association with an unconditioned stimulus, eventually provokes a conditioned reaction.

Unconditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without any need for prior learning.