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3. Diagnosis and treatment: A patient came to the psychiatrist…3. Diagnosis and treatment:A patient came to the psychiatrist office and complained about feeling being hopeless and helpless. He feels nothing he can do to make any difference in his life, and wanted to kill himself, but didn’t have the energy to do it. He is losing sleep and cannot get out of bed. He is not having sex in his marriage nor is he interested in sex any more. He is worried that he will get a divorce. He lost his job. He feels he is useless and unable to be a provider for his family. He is not motivated to find another job. He just sits at home and dies nothing, and worries about this is the end of the world for him. He feels like a failure. He feels there is no hope for him. He is asking to help to turn his life around.a. If you were a psychiatrist, what are the symptoms that identify a mental disorder that he has. What disorder is he likely to have?b. What other similar disorders that you can exclude he doesn’t have? Why do you think you can exclude those disorders based on the symptoms?c. What pharmacotherapy do you prescribe to this patient? Why do you think this drug treatment works according to the theory/model of this disorder?d. What neurotransmitter do the above drugs act on that treats this disorder? What are the side effects? BiologySciencePharmacology BIOL MISC