Of the patients the nurse will see at the mental health center, which one should be assessed most carefully for EPSEs?
A) 59-year-old man with severe mental illness for 20 years; takes olanzapine ( Zyprexa )
B) 18-year-old woman with a first episode of schizophrenia; takes haloperidol ( Haldol )
C) 26-year-old man with generalized anxiety disorder; takes lorazepam (Ativan)
D) 30-year-old woman with depression; takes amitriptyline ( Elavil )
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