A 22-year-old man visits a community health clinic reporting a 3-week period of severely depressed mood, hypersomnia, and intense feelings of worthlessness. During the psychiatric history, the physician learns that one year ago, the patient experienced a distinct 10-day period where he felt 'invincible,' required only 3 hours of sleep per night to feel fully rested, and engaged in impulsive, high-risk financial investments. He currently takes no medications and has no other medical conditions. Which of the following represent appropriate initial management steps for this patient's current condition? (Select all that apply)
- Initiate quetiapine monotherapyCevap
- Initiate lurasidone monotherapyCevap
- CInitiate sertraline monotherapy
- DInitiate venlafaxine monotherapy
- EInitiate a combination of fluoxetine and phenelzine
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The appropriate initial management steps include initiating quetiapine monotherapy or initiating lurasidone monotherapy.
The patient is experiencing an acute major depressive episode and has a history of a distinct manic episode, establishing a diagnosis of bipolar I disorder. For acute bipolar depression, first-line FDA-approved monotherapies include second-generation antipsychotics such as quetiapine and lurasidone. These agents effectively target depressive symptoms without significantly increasing the risk of inducing a manic switch.
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Patients presenting with depressive symptoms must be screened for a history of mania; if bipolar depression is diagnosed, it should be treated with first-line agents like quetiapine or lurasidone, while avoiding antidepressant monotherapy to prevent a manic switch.