1. A patient who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder without mania, asks the PMHNP why he is being prescribed a mood stabilizer. What is the appropriate response?
A.
Mood stabilizers are only prescribed to treat manic phases of bipolar depression
B.
Mood stabilizers can consistently treat both mania and bipolar depression
C.
Mood stabilizers can target mania and mania relapse and also reduce symptoms of bipolar depression and relapse of bipolar depression symptoms but no drug has been proven to target all four therapeutic actions
D.
Certain mood stabilizers, such as lithium, are able to consistently target mania and bipolar depression