The client asks the nurse how the SSRI antidepressant that the client is prescribed works. What nursing response is correct?
1. SSRIs work on depression by sedating the centers of the brain responsible for worrying.
2. SSRIs allow more of a chemical neurotransmitter, serotonin, to be available to areas of the brain.
3. SSRIs are stimulants that enhance the activity of the brain and pleasure centers.
4. SSRIs decrease the amount of norepinephrine available in the lower cortical areas.
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Rationale: Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors decrease the reuptake of serotonin from the neural synapse, thus allowing more to be present at the postsynaptic receptor site. SSRIs are selective for serotonin and do not lower norepinephrine. They are neither stimulants nor sedatives.
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