A Patient Is Diagnosed with Major Depression with Severe Symptoms

question 6

Multiple Choice

A patient is diagnosed with major depression with severe symptoms and begins taking an antidepressant medication. Three weeks after beginning therapy, the patient tells the nurse that the drug is not working. The nurse will counsel this patient to ask the provider about:

• A) adding a second medication to complement this drug.
• B) changing the medication to one in a different drug class.
• C) increasing the dose of this medication.
• D) using nondrug therapies to augment the medication.

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