NURS 6630: Psychopharmalogical Approaches to Treat Psychopathology
Assignment: Assessing and Treating Patients With Anxiety Disorders
Common symptoms of anxiety disorders include chest pains, shortness of breath, and other physical symptoms that may be mistaken for a heart attack or other physical ailment. These manifestations often prompt patients to seek care from their primary care providers or emergency departments. Once it is determined that there is no organic basis for these symptoms, patients are typically referred to a psychiatric mental health practitioner for anxiolytic therapy. For this Assignment, as you examine the patient case study in this week’s Learning Resources, consider how you might assess and treat patients presenting with anxiety disorders.
To prepare for this Assignment:
• Review this week’s Learning Resources, including the Medication Resources indicated for this week.
• Reflect on the psychopharmacologic treatments you might recommend for the assessment and treatment of patients requiring anxiolytic therapy.
The Assignment: 5 pages
Examine (Attached) Case Study: A Middle-Aged Caucasian Man With Anxiety. You will be asked to make three decisions concerning the medication to prescribe to this patient. Be sure to consider factors that might impact the patient’s pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic processes.
At each decision point, you should evaluate all options before selecting your decision and moving throughout the exercise. Before you make your decision, make sure that you have researched each option and that you evaluate the decision that you will select. Be sure to research each option using the primary literature.
Introduction to the case (1 page)
• Briefly explain and summarize the case for this Assignment. Be sure to include the specific patient factors that may impact your decision making when prescribing medication for this patient.
Decision #1 (1 page)
• Which decision did you select?
• Why did you select this decision? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
• Why did you not select the other two options provided in the exercise? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
• What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources (including the primary literature).
• Explain how ethical considerations may impact your treatment plan and communication with patients. Be specific and provide examples.
Decision #2 (1 page)
• Why did you select this decision? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
• Why did you not select the other two options provided in the exercise? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
• What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources (including the primary literature).
• Explain how ethical considerations may impact your treatment plan and communication with patients. Be specific and provide examples.
Decision #3 (1 page)
• Why did you select this decision? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
• Why did you not select the other two options provided in the exercise? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
• What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources (including the primary literature).
• Explain how ethical considerations may impact your treatment plan and communication with patients. Be specific and provide examples.
Conclusion (1 page)
• Assignment Help – Summarize your recommendations on the treatment options you selected for this patient. Be sure to justify your recommendations and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
Use any of these 9 Resources provided
https://psychiatryonline.org/pb/assets/raw/sitewide/practice_guidelines/guidelines/acutestressdisorderptsd.pdf
https://psychiatryonline.org/pb/assets/raw/sitewide/practice_guidelines/guidelines/panicdisorder.pdf
https://psychiatryonline.org/pb/assets/raw/sitewide/practice_guidelines/guidelines/acutestressdisorderptsd-watch.pdf
https://jaacap.org/action/showPdf?pii=S0890-8567%2810%2900082-1
http://bjpo.rcpsych.org/content/2/6/e16
https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pst&AN=9999-02824-000&site=eds-live&scope=site&authtype=shib&custid=s6527200
https://go.openathens.net/redirector/waldenu.edu?url=https://jama.jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2719367
https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=74304456&site=ehost-live&scope=site&authtype=shib&custid=s6527200
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cder/daf/index.cfm
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NURS 6630: Psychopharmacological Approaches to Psychopathology Treatment
Examining and Treating Patients With Anxiety Disorders
Chest aches, shortness of breath, and other physical symptoms that may be misdiagnosed as a heart attack or other medical condition are common signs of anxiety disorders. These symptoms frequently drive people to seek treatment from their health care doctors or emergency departments. Once it is determined that these symptoms do not have a biological cause, patients are often sent to a psychiatric mental health practitioner for anxiolytic therapy. Consider how you could assess and treat patients presenting with anxiety problems as you explore the patient case study in this week’s Learning Resources for this Assignment.
• Review this week’s Learning Resources, including the Medication Resources, to prepare for this Assignment.
