A community psychiatric nurse assesses that a serious and persistently mentally ill patient with a mood disorder is more depressed than on the clinic visit a month ago,but the patient says,"I feel the same." Which intervention supports the nurse's assessment while preserving the patient's autonomy?

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Scheduling clinic appointments at shorter intervals will give an opportunity for more frequent assessment of symptoms and allow the nurse to use early intervention.If the patient does not have a crisis,referral to crisis intervention would be useless.The other distracters may or may not produce reliable information,may violate the patient's privacy,and/or waste scarce resources.

A Community Psychiatric Nurse Assesses That a Serious and Persistently