The nurse administering an antidepressant to a suicidal client understands that the brain abnor-mality the medication addresses is:
1. Irregularities in the serotonin system
2. Abnormal electroencephalogram (EEG) readings
3. Atrophy of the brain
4. Enlarged lateral ventricles
ANS: 1
Antidepressants regulate serotonin levels, not EEG readings, brain atrophy, or enlarged ventri-cles.
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