What is the main difference between major depression and dysthymic depression?

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What is the main difference between major depression and dysthymic depression?

Correct Answer: B

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Question 2 of 5

A patient admitted to the mental unit has shown a deficit in providing self-care and has a medical diagnosis of major depression. The nursing diagnosis for this would be:

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Question 3 of 5

You are working with the RN to plan short-term goals for a 28-year-old hospitalized manic client. Which is the most important goal?

Correct Answer: A

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Question 4 of 5

For a patient diagnosed with bipolar disorder, what would be the drug of choice?

Correct Answer: A

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Question 5 of 5

Which would be most important to find out next about the above patient?

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

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