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Which activities of the following is inappropriate for a depressed patient?

An OTA is working with a teenage who is recovering from surgery to remove a brain tumor.  The teen has been hospitalized for 2 months and exhibits a decline in cognitive functioning and muscle weakness. The client is receiving occupational therapy services to develop the skills needed to complete ADL and other desired activities.  Upon evaluation, the occupational therapist determined  that the client is experiencing symptoms of depression, including anhedonia, social isolation, and poor sleeping patterns.  During an intervention  session, the OTA learns that the client is feeling socially isolated and missing friends and family members.  Which activity is best for the OTA to integrate into intervention sessions to help the client communicate with and remain connected to friends and family?

When a patient is very anxious, it is GENERALLY BEST to:

All EXCEPT one of the following are appropriate responses/actions the COTA should make when a patient is behaving seductively:

All of the following strategies are recommended for use with a hallucinating patient, EXCEPT:

A patient in an acute psychiatric inpatient unit with a diagnosis of major depressive disorder is placed on suicide precautions. The OTA has scheduled 30-minute individual sessions in the patient’s room to begin intervention. Which is the most beneficial activity for the first intervention session? 

After one session with a new patient in a psychosocial treatment setting, it has become apparent to the COTA that the woman is highly distractible and cannot complete a magazine collage when in a group. The best approach for the COTA to use is to:

All of the following are good approaches for therapeutic use of self when dealing with a depressed person, EXCEPT:

Of the following, the activity that is the MOST likely to meet the needs of the paranoid patient is:

An individual with schizophrenia continues to experience hallucinations.  Which action should the OTA take when the individual begins to actively hallucinate during an OT project group?