Pharmacological Treatments

Create a 10–12-slide PowerPoint presentation to identify medications associated with a chosen disease or health condition, explain the actions and side effects of the medications, and discuss any controversies related to the medications. Explain a treatment regime, including pharmacology, for the disease or health condition you selected, along with how the treatment regime may affect a client’s lifestyle. -Competency 1: Apply practice guidelines and standards of evidence-based practice related to pharmacology for safe and effective nursing practice. -Identify the pharmacological agents most often used in the treatment of a disease or health condition. -Describe the treatment regime, including pharmacology, most often prescribed for a disease or health condition. -Explain the controversies related to a pharmacological agent. -Competency 2: Explain the relationship between quality patient outcomes, patient safety, and the appropriate use of pharmacology and psychopharmacology. -Explain the types of actions, side effects, indications, and contraindications that may be expected from a pharmacological treatment. -Describe how a treatment regime, including pharmacology, may impact a client’s lifestyle. -Describe how to monitor a client following a prescribed treatment regime, including pharmacology, in order to obtain a quality patient outcome. -Competency 4: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations of a nursing professional. Write content clearly and logically with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics. Correctly format citations and references using current APA style.

Over the last several decades, the field of psychopathology and the study of psychological disorders have gradually moved away from exploring social and environmental issues, and moved toward the biological/neurological understanding of disorders. This has led to significant advancements in medication-based treatments.

Treating psychological disorder through medication can often be faster, more effective, and cost less when compared to traditional psychotherapy. At the same time, becoming overly reliant on medication carries substantial risks.

A number of studies have found that psychotropic medications are frequently over-prescribed (Mojtabai & Olfson, 2010; Standish, 2008). Furthermore, the long-term effects of many medications are still unknown.

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What are some of the possible benefits and detriments involved in the pharmacological treatment of psychological disorders? Have we (society) become too reliant on medication treatments? What might be some of the long-term ramifications of overprescribing these medications?