Which of the following is(are) true statement(s) about depression or depression therapy? (Select all that apply.)
a. An older adult who lived through the de-pression is unlikely to develop depression.
b. Complaining and not complaining can be symptomatic of depression.
c. Serotonin-reuptake inhibitors are used to resolve depression in 2 weeks.
d. The nurse should avoid trying to bolster a depressed person's mood.
B, D
An older adult can complain because of having no positive feelings, or the older adult may not bother complaining because of having no hope. The nurse should not deny the older adult's de-pressed feelings or grief.
Older adults who have endured the horrors of the mid-twentieth century (e.g., the Great Depression, the Holocaust, and World War II) are as prone to depression as other older adults, but they can consider it shameful to acknowledge depressive feelings. Serotonin-reuptake inhi-bitors, usually the drug of choice for depression, can be unsuitable for a specific individual. Most antidepressant medications take 6 weeks to resolve symptoms completely.
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