Discussion: Decision Making When Treating Psychological Disorders

For this Discussion, you will select an interactive media piece to practice decision making when treating patients with psychological disorders. You will recommend the most effective pharmacotherapeutic to treat the psychological disorder presented and examine potential impacts of pharmacotherapeutics on a patient’s pathophysiology.

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To Prepare
Review this week’s interactive media pieces and select one to focus on for this Discussion.
Reflect on the decision steps in the interactive media pieces, and consider the potential impacts from the administration of the associated pharmacotherapeutics on the patient’s pathophysiology.
By Day 3 of Week 8
Post a brief explanation of the psychological disorder presented and the decision steps you applied in completing the interactive media piece for the psychological disorder you selected. Then, explain how the administration of the associated pharmacotherapeutics you recommended may impact the patient’s pathophysiology. How might these potential impacts inform how you would suggest treatment plans for this patient? Be specific and provide examples.In Week 8, we will learn about Psychological Disorders.

Objectives for Week 8 are:

Evaluate patients for treatment of psychological disorders
Analyze decisions made throughout the diagnosis and treatment of patients with psychological disorders
Analyze impacts of pharmacotherapeutics for psychological disorders on patient pathophysiology
Evaluate patients for treatment of neurological and musculoskeletal disorders
Analyze decisions made throughout the diagnosis and treatment of patients with neurological and musculoskeletal disorders
Justify decisions made throughout the diagnosis and treatment of patients with neurological and musculoskeletal disorders

Required Readings/Resources:

Rosenthal, L. D., & Burchum, J. R. (2021). Lehne’s pharmacotherapeutics for advanced practice nurses and physician assistants. (2nd ed.) St. Louis, MO: Elsevier.

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Chapter 26, “Antipsychotic Agents and Their Use in Schizophrenia” (pp. 231–246)
Chapter 27, “Antidepressants” (pp. 214 – 226)
Chapter 28, “Drugs for Bipolar Disorder” (pp. 228 – 233)
Chapter 29, “Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs” (pp. 234–242)
Chapter 30, “Management of Anxiety Disorders” (pp. 243 – 247)
Chapter 31, “Central Nervous System Stimulants and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder” (pp. 248 – 254)

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Laureate Education Media Lectures:

Adult geriatric depression
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Bipolar therapy
Generalized anxiety disorder
Please see below assigned Interactive Media Case:
http://cdnfiles.laureate.net/2dett4d/Walden/NURS/6521/05/mm/decision_trees/week_04/index.html

SAMPLE SOLUTION

Decision Making When Treating Psychological Disorders
The selected case study is that of a 26-year-old woman who is of Korean descent and has been hospitalized for 21 days with a diagnosis a bipolar disorder. In the clinical care setting, the woman seems unsettled as she plays with items | PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW AT writtask.com | is also very talkative and doesn’t pay attention to the interrogation in the clinical care setting. To complete the interactive media piece for the psychological disorder, there are…