Are these statements TRUE or FALSE?
Though the links to the relevant articles are provided, you DON’T have to re-read that article. Correct answers are given in just few sentences.
1. Patients with Alzheimer’s disease are at risk of wandering away and getting lost. Given the potential for harm due to wandering away, antipsychotic treatment should be considered.
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2. In changing from sertraline to tranylcypromine, it is important to wait for two weeks after the sertraline is stopped before starting the tranylcypromine.
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3. Fluvoxamine is somewhat more effective than other SSRIs, so a person with OCD should not be considered an SSRI non-responder until s/he has received an 8 week trial of fluvoxamine.
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