When Counseling Patients Diagnosed with Major Depression,an Advanced Practice Nurse

question 18

Multiple Choice

When counseling patients diagnosed with major depression,an advanced practice nurse will address the negative thought patterns by using:

• A) psychoanalytic therapy.
• B) desensitization therapy.
• C) cognitive behavioral therapy.
• D) alternative and complementary therapies.

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Definitions:

Regression Equation

An equation that estimates the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables.

Predicted Values

These are values estimated based on a model, representing what is likely to happen under certain conditions according to that model.

Homoscedasticity

The condition where the variance of the residuals, or errors, in a regression model is constant across all levels of the independent variable.

Regression Analysis

Regression Analysis is a statistical method used to investigate and model the relationship between variables, typically one dependent variable and one or more independent variables.