Question

question 20
1 pts
a friend confides in you that she has been dealing with a mental illness for years. she tells you that sometimes it feels like she is on this natural high and she can just go and go, and then other times, shes so depressed she cant move. she tells you she is in therapy, and taking medications. this friend is middle - aged.

1. what disorder does she have?
2. what medications were likely prescribed?
3. what stage is she in, according to erikson?

○ major depressive disorder; mood stabilizers; intimacy v isolation
○ autism; mood stabilizers; integrity v despair
○ bipolar; antipsychotics; generativity v stagnation
○ bipolar; mood stabilizers; generativity v stagnation

Explanation:

1. Disorder Identification: The friend has periods of elevated mood ("natural high") and depression, which matches Bipolar Disorder (Major Depressive Disorder has only depression, Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder with different symptoms).
2. Medication: Bipolar Disorder is treated with mood stabilizers (antipsychotics are secondary or for specific phases, not first - line for mood cycling).
3. Erikson’s Stage: Middle - aged adults are in the "Generativity vs. Stagnation" stage (Intimacy vs. Isolation is young adulthood; Integrity vs. Despair is late adulthood).

Answer:

D. Bipolar; mood stabilizers; Generativity v Stagnation (assuming the last option is labeled D, as per typical multiple - choice formatting with four options. If the original options had labels like A - D, and the last option is the correct one, this is the answer. If the labels were different, adjust accordingly based on the correct option's content which is "Bipolar; mood stabilizers; Generativity v Stagnation").