Bart Has Been Diagnosed with Major Depression

question 19

Multiple Choice

Bart has been diagnosed with major depression. However, recently he has been experiencing hallucinations. He sees mystical beings cloaked in white swooping down from the sky trying to "whisk" him away. These beings have instructed him that his time is short and to prepare himself to be taken home. Bart is most likely experiencing which subtype of major depression?

• A) With catatonic features
• B) With psychotic features
• C) With melancholic features
• D) With seasonal affective features

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