A client was admitted to the psychiatric unit with major depression after a suicide attempt. In addition to the client's feelings of sadness and hopelessness, the nurse assessed which of the following somatic or physiologic symptoms of depression?
A) Anxiety, unconscious anger, and hostility
B) Guilt, indecisiveness, and poor self-concept
C) Psychomotor retardation and agitation
D) Meticulous attention to grooming and hygiene
Ans: C
Psychomotor retardation, or agitation, often accompanies depression. The incorrect answers are not physiologic or somatic but psychological or functional symptoms of depression. Usually in depressive illness, grooming and hygiene are not tended to.
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