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Diagnose a patient with generalized anxiety disorder


Problem: You diagnose a patient with generalized anxiety disorder. She is started on 10 mg of citalopram once a day. You call the patient in a week to see how she is doing. She responds that she has felt more anxious this past week. It was worse after starting the medication and has started to alleviate, but she feels no overall improvement in her anxiety levels. Otherwise, she is tolerating the medication without bothersome side effects. Which of the below is appropriate? Group of answer choices Increase her dose to 20 mg once daily and have her see you in three weeks for re-evaluation and possible further medication titration Maintain current dose and have her see you in one week for re-evaluation and possible medication titration Maintain current dose and have her see you in three weeks for re-evaluation and possible medication titration Increase her dose to 20 mg once daily and have her see you in one week for re-evaluation and possible further medication titration. Need Assignment Help?

 

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