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Assignment: Suitable Drug for Major Depressive Disorder Patients

As a psychiatric nurse, you will likely encounter patients who suffer from various mental health disorders. Not surprisingly, ensuring that your patients have the appropriate psychopharmacologic treatments will be essential for their overall health and well-being. The psychopharmacologic treatments you might recommend for patients may have potential impacts on other mental health conditions and, therefore, require additional consideration for positive patient outcomes. For this Assignment, you will review and apply your understanding of psychopharmacologic treatments for patients with multiple mental health disorders.

A. Carefully read and follow the assignment instructions, my announcements, and review the grading rubric for grading criteria. Be sure you have all required elements (see grading rubric and assignment instructions).

B. Follow the quantity limits placed on each question. For example, the first question is to be answered in 3-4 sentences, so please write 3-4 sentences and not multiple paragraphs or pages. Other questions ask for a list of a certain number, so be sure to include that many as asked. You need to be concise and include the required information.

C. If all of the questions listed in the assignment or all of the required elements listed in the assignment are not in your paper, there will be point deductions unfortunately.

D. This paper should follow APA 7 format with a title page, reference page, in-text citations, etc. Whenever you use a source, you must cite it to give credit to the author. Cite more often than not.

E. Substantiate/support your responses with acceptable, approval resources/references for your discussion post and your replies/responses. As a reminder, WebMD is not an acceptable academic resource.

Task

Address the following Short Answer prompts for your Assignment. Be sure to include references to the Learning Resources.

A. In 3 or 4 sentences, explain the appropriate drug therapy for a patient who presents with MDD and a history of alcohol abuse. Which drugs are contraindicated, if any, and why? Be specific. What is the timeframe that the patient should see resolution of symptoms?

B. List 4 predictors of late onset generalized anxiety disorder.

C. List 4 potential neurobiology causes of psychotic major depression.

D. An episode of major depression is defined as a period of time lasting at least 2 weeks. List at least 5 symptoms required for the episode to occur. Be specific.

E. List 3 classes of drugs, with a corresponding example for each class, that precipitate insomnia. Be specific.