Multiple Choice
A patient being treated for major depression is the CEO of her own business.She has shown significant improvement and is about to be discharged after completing a course of 15 electroconvulsive therapy sessions.She will continue on SSRI medications.The patient has been counseled not to make a major business decision for a month.The rationale for this is that:
A) SSRIs may cause confusion in susceptible persons.
B) ECT often causes temporary memory impairment.
C) Lingering depression makes the patient incompetent.
D) The patient needs months to readjust to work pressures.
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