One of the Difficulties with the Use of Lithium to Treat

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Essay

One of the difficulties with the use of lithium to treat bipolar disorder is that patients often stop taking the medication. Discuss three reasons a person who is experiencing bipolar disorder would stop taking this highly effective medication and what a therapist might do to improve treatment compliance.

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Definitions:

Apparent Authority

A situation where a reasonably prudent person would understand that an agent had the authority to act, even if the agent didn't have actual authority.

Purported Principal

An entity or individual represented as having granted authority to another, whether or not such authority actually exists.

Disclosed Principal

A principal whose identity is known by the third parties with whom the agent enters into contracts on behalf of the principal.

Mutually Agreed

A condition or circumstance where all parties involved have consented to the terms or decisions proposed, often used in contracts or negotiations.