Discontinuation of most habit forming drugs cause emotional depression

IMO C
This is the only option which is sure to happen. Other options are either too strong or take too many assumptions.

Is All in option E extreme? I saw both C and E equally correct. Finally went for E, though most of the fellow members chose C.

E wont be correct because it clearly says that it can REDUCE and not PREVENT

Aha! I missed that, thanks Ivyleague56...

Well Quick line of thought:

(1). DC of Habit forming drugs => ED
(2). REC ACT. => REDUCTION in ED while DC of HFD
(3).But some ED likely to be unpreventable.


Above three implies that there MUST be some patients who DISC HB drugs were ED as a result of DISC of HF drugs.

Rgds,
TGC !!

The answer is clearly C.
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Updated the post with OA and OE..

Discontinuation of most habit forming drugs cause emotional depression. While recreational activities can help reduce the amount of emotional depression caused while discontinuing such drugs, some emotional depression is unlikely to be preventable.

The information above most strongly supports which one of the following?

There is a causal relationship in the argument. The argument says that discontinuation of “most” (not all) habit forming drugs causes emotional depression. The conclusion is that some weight gain is unlikely to be preventable. The second premise also indicates that the amount of emotional depression can be reduced; not that recreational activities can stop emotional depression. This is a conclusion question; therefore the correct answer choice must be true according to the stimulus.

(A) A physician should not discontinue any habit forming drug for a patient if that patient is already emotionally depressed.

The stimulus states that most habit forming drugs can cause emotional depression, leaving open the possibility that some do not. Furthermore, the stimulus does not address the role of a physician or the advisability of prescribing certain drugs under certain conditions.

(B) People who are suffering from emotional depression should not ask their doctors to discontinue a habit forming drug.

The stimulus allows for habit forming drugs that do not cause emotional depression. Not supported by the argument.

(C) At least some patients who discontinued habit forming drugs were emotionally depressed as a result of the discontinuation.

Correct. Some individuals taking habit forming drugs that cause emotional depression will be emotionally depressed even though recreational activities can reduce the amount of the depression.

(D) The emotional depression experienced by patients discontinuing habit forming drugs should be attributed to lack of recreational activities.

This is an Opposite answer; the stimulus indicates that people discontinuing habit forming drugs will be emotionally depressed regardless of whether they engage themselves in recreational. Thus, the emotional depression cannot be attributed to a lack of recreational activities.

(E) All patients discontinuing habit forming drugs should engage themselves in recreational activities to prevent themselves from emotional depression.

This answer is too strong; not all patients necessarily discontinuing habit forming drugs that cause weight gain, so those that do not discontinue taking those drugs might not need to engage themselves in recreational activities to prevent themselves from emotional depression.

A) A physician should not discontinue any habit forming drug for a patient if that patient is already emotionally depressed.
=> incorrect new information; the stimulus never mention about a physician and his supposed action
B) People who are suffering from emotional depression should not ask their doctors to discontinue a habit forming drug.
incorrect new information; the stimulus doesn't recommend action for the people who are suffering from emo depression
C) At least some patients who discontinued habit forming drugs were emotionally depressed as a result of the discontinuation.
correct. the side effect of discontinuation is mentioned in the stimulus. This answer choice is a rephrasing of the stimulus
D) The emotional depression experienced by patients discontinuing habit forming drugs should be attributed to lack of recreational activities.
incorrect. Recreational activities partially limit the emotional depression only, according to the stimulus. Hence, in the cases where recreational activities can't help to manage the emotional depression, lack of recreational activities is not a cause
E) All patients discontinuing habit forming drugs should engage themselves in recreational activities to prevent themselves from emotional depression.
incorrect. recreational activities might help in some cases but not all cases

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