A patient with dementia related to Alzheimer’s disease has severe confusion and agitation. The PMHNP recognizes that the most appropriate intervention is:

An antidepressant that is least likely to cause sexual side effects is:

Persistent depressive (dysthymia) disorder symptoms must be present for at least how long to meet the DSM-5=TR criteria for persistent depressive disorder in adults?

The purpose of administrating the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 is to:

The PMHNP has an ethical (and in most states) legal duty to warn others if a patient:

All the following medication interventions would be reasonable as the next step in the treatment of major depressive disorder when the patient has only partially improved after six to eight weeks in response to an adequate dose of a standard SSRI antidepressant EXCEPT:

An 18-year-old male presents with complaints have excessive worry, anxious mood and inner tension for the past four months. On the GAD 7 he scores a 16. Based on the GAD 7 score he has:

An outpatient being treated for anxiety often stops taking the prescribed medication, exacerbating the patient symptoms. The best approach to improve compliance is:

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