​Which Patients with Depression Are Most Likely to Show Clear

question 138

Multiple Choice

​Which patients with depression are most likely to show clear benefits from antidepressant drugs?

• A)People with mild to moderate depression.
• B)​People with severe depression.
• C)​People who have had many previous episodes of depression.
• D)​People who failed to respond to psychotherapy.

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Definitions:

Intuitive Thought

A cognitive process that occurs without deliberate analytical effort, often based on quick, gut feelings or experiences.

Concrete Reasoning

The ability to understand and reason about things that are directly experienced or seen, focusing on the literal and present aspects.

Intuitive Thought

The process of knowing or understanding something instinctively, without the need for conscious reasoning.

Concrete Operational

A stage in Piaget’s theory of cognitive development (roughly ages 7 to 11) during which children gain the ability to think logically about concrete events.