When a client presents with clinically significant depressive symptoms, the IPT therapist will typically first:

a. review symptoms, provide a diagnosis to accord the patient the sick role, and evaluate the need for medications.
b. raise awareness of the relationship between the nature and onset of depressive symptoms and the client's interpersonal context.
c. identify one or two of the four problem areas related to the current episode of depression.
d. explain the IPT concepts and work toward development of an explicit treatment contract.


A

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