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A 72-year-old male presents to your office, with a chief complaint of: “I’ve never felt down and out like I have over the past year. I just don’t feel excited about anything and I forget important obligations. I just want to be alone more lately.” The patient is medication naïve, with 10 years of sobriety from alcohol use disorder. As a PMHNP, you know that: a. Substance use or alcohol use is the leading cause of depression in geriatrics with suicidal ideations b. Antidepressant trials have been studied most extensively in the 25 – 64 year old age demographic, indicating this age group has the most favorable response to antidepressant trials c. Lipophophic medications will pose pharmacokinetic risks specific to this patient’s age and physiology d. Antidepressant trials have been studied extensively in the 45 – 75 year old age demographic, providing evidence supporting fluoxetine as first line for medication naïve geriatric patients with late onset depression
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