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EST 1
Your patient, whose wife died a few months ago, appears to be very unkempt and
apathetic. Although several months have passed since his wife's death he has not
progressed at all through his grieving. You assess this condition as which of the
following?
disenfranchised grief
panic disorder
complicated grief
physiologic grief - -Correct Answer:
complicated grief
RATIONALE: A person has uncomplicated grief when he or she has normal physical,
psychological, cognitive and spiritual responses to the death of a significant other. But
when the person shows persistent maladaptive behaviors such as not taking care of
personal hygiene and/or appearance and does not progress through the mourning
process, this is complicated grief.
If a patient has had a myocardial infarction, which of the following atypical
antidepressants should not be prescribed within the recovery phase?
Trazodone
Duloxetine
Bupropion
Desvenlafaxine - -Correct Answer:
Trazodone
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