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sdfghj · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

A client taking SSRIs mentions to the nurse that his current medication causes fewer side effects than the tricyclic antidepressant he took several years earlier. The nurse understands that SSRIs advantage is due to:

1. Inhibiting both serotonin and norepinephrine uptake
2. Blocking only serotonin reuptake
3. Selectively inhibiting dopamine uptake
4. Making more GABA available

Question 2

A client who has an anxiety disorder fears having panic attacks when he is alone at home. The nurse teaches the client to use meditation techniques when he feels anxious.

The technique can be evaluated as having proved useful when the client explains to a friend that meditation:
1. Is difficult to learn and requires a facilitator when doing techniques
2. Results in positive physical and mental effects
3. Is only beneficial to reduce mild anxiety
4. May result in increased anxiety

ju · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: 2
TCAs inhibit the reuptake of both norepinephrine and serotonin, producing more side effects than SSRIs that selectively block only serotonin reuptake. SSRIs do not affect dopamine or GABA availability.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: 2
Meditation has wide-ranging effects that include lowering heart rate and blood pressure, de-creasing serum adrenal corticosteroids, increasing immunity to disease, and providing a sense of calmness and mental alertness. Options 1 and 4 are untrue. Option 3 is untrue; it is useful for moderate anxiety also.