A Depressed Patient Who Is Scheduled to Receive Electroconvulsive Therapy

question 5

Multiple Choice

A depressed patient who is scheduled to receive electroconvulsive therapy this morning asks the nurse,"How is this treatment supposed to help me?" The best reply would be: "Electroconvulsive therapy seems to ____________."

• A) increase the activity of brain chemicals involved in mood
• B) interfere with one's memory of why he's feeling depressed
• C) serve as a punishment so you can stop punishing yourself
• D) open your mind to learning and trying new ways of coping

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Seymour Martin Lipset

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