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The nurse is providing instructions to a patient who has a new prescription for a corticosteroid metered-dose inhaler. Which statement by the patient indicates that further instruction is needed?
Electroconvulsive Therapy
A psychiatric treatment where seizures are electrically induced in patients to provide relief from severe mental diseases, particularly major depressive disorder.
Suicidal
Pertaining to having thoughts, ideations, or tendencies towards ending one’s own life.
Electroconvulsive Therapy
Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) is a medical treatment most commonly used for patients with severe major depression or bipolar disorder that have not responded to other treatments, involving brief electrical stimulation of the brain while the patient is under anesthesia.
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, are a class of medications commonly used to treat depression and anxiety by increasing serotonin levels in the brain.
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