Assignment Task: Mrs Kirby is a 41 year old female who is taking sertraline 100mg daily for depression. She is getting good symptom control, but when she presents today for follow up she says that her 19 year old daughter was just put on the same medication for her diagnosis of anxiety. She wants to know how the same medication can work for two different conditions. The best response is to tell Mrs. Kirby that
A. Anxiety and depression are subtype of the same disease and the same medications can be used for both disorders
B. It is likely that her daughter's health care provider thinks there is an underlying depression that is contributing to her anxiety
C. Although the two disorders have their origin in different parts of the brain, the same chemical neurotransmitters contributes to cause in both disorders so some medications treat both
D. Sertraline is not appropriate for anxiety and her daughter might consider seeing a different health care provider