A patient with serious mental illness lives alone in a neighborhood.The patient receives monthly depot medication injections but lately has missed regular clinic appointments,saying,"My life is so busy I couldn't find time to come in." To prevent decompensation and hospitalization,the community mental health nurse should arrange for:

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The assertive community treatment team could bring the patient's medication to her in her neighborhood.Depot medication is a strategy to reduce noncompliance and is often preferable to daily oral medication.The other distracters do not directly relate to the noncompliance problem.

A Patient with Serious Mental Illness Lives Alone in a Neighborhood.The