Mood stabilization and psychosis

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You are caring for a currently active 24-year-old client prescribed olanzapine (Zyprexa) for mood stabilization and psychosis. Since starting this medication, the patient has developed the following side effects: (1) a 10% in increase in weight from baseline, (2) a clinically significant increase in triglycerides, and (3) a clinically significant increase in hemoglobin A1C. What category on the Wheel of Health would you explore to provide him with resources to improve his health?

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