Helen, a 47-year-old client with a long history of severe depression, has not responded to antidepressant medications or psychotherapy
The nurse caring for the patient knows that the treatment of choice for depression unresponsive to conventional treatment would be:
A.
Lithium.
B.
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT).
C.
Light therapy.
D.
Neurolinguistic programming.
ANS: B
Though antidepressants are the treatment of choice for depression, electroconvulsive therapy is sometimes needed in cases of severe depression unresponsive to antidepressants. Lithium is generally not useful in depression. Light therapy and neurolinguistic programming may be adjuvants, not primary treatment in severe depression.
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