You are asked to consult about a patient who may be depressed. What you notice is that the focus of his symptoms is mostly somatic: on headaches, sleep disorder, and lack of energy. You ask if this patient happens to be from __________ the country where
these symptoms are more generally seen in depression.
a. The United States
b. England
c. Australia
d. China
Question 2
Melancholia is a term for
a. dysthymia.
b. neurotic depression.
c. a severe type of depression.
d. normal sadness unrelated to clinical depression.
Focus on Older Adults
Patient teaching: neck assessment
The physician will begin visual inspection of the patient immediately upon entering the examination ...
Amyloid plaques (stained blue) in the brain of a deceased patient who had Alzheimer’s disease.
Variations in patient response to drugs