Stahl’s essential psychopharmacology:
REQUIRED READING
Stahl, S. M. (2013). Stahl’s essential psychopharmacology: Neuroscientific basis and practical applications (4th ed.). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
To access the followin" rel="nofollow">ing chapters, click on the Essential Psychopharmacology, 4th ed tab on the Stahl Onlin" rel="nofollow">ine website and select the appropriate chapter. Be sure to read
all sections on the left navigation bar for each chapter.
• Chapter 9, “Anxiety Disorder and Anxiolytics”
Stahl, S. M., & Grady, M. (2010). Stahl’s illustrated anxiety, stress, and PTSD. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
To access the followin" rel="nofollow">ing chapters, click on the Illustrated Guides tab and then the Anxiety, Stress, and PTSD tab.
• Chapter 4, “First-Lin" rel="nofollow">ine Medications for PTSD”
• Chapter 5, “Second-Lin" rel="nofollow">ine, Adjunct, and Investigational Medications for PTSD”
Strawn, J. R., Wehry, A. M., DelBello, M. P., Rynn, M. A., &Strakowski, S. (2012). Establishin" rel="nofollow">ing the neurobiologic basis of treatment in" rel="nofollow">in children and adolescents with
generalized anxiety disorder. Depression and Anxiety, 29(4), 328–-339. doi:10.1002/da.21913
Hamilton, M. (1959). Hamilton Anxiety Ratin" rel="nofollow">ing Scale. Psyctests, doi:10.1037/t02824-0
The Assignment
Examin" rel="nofollow">ine Case Study: A Middle-Aged Caucasian Man With Anxiety. You will be asked to make three decisions concernin" rel="nofollow">ing the medication to prescribe to this client. Be sure
to consider factors that might impact the client’s pharmacokin" rel="nofollow">inetic and pharmacodynamic processes.
At each decision poin" rel="nofollow">int stop to complete the followin" rel="nofollow">ing:
1.Decision #1
o Which decision did you select?
o Why did you select this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learnin" rel="nofollow">ing Resources.
o What were you hopin" rel="nofollow">ing to achieve by makin" rel="nofollow">ing this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learnin" rel="nofollow">ing Resources.
o Explain" rel="nofollow">in any difference between what you expected to achieve with Decision #1 and the results of the decision. Why were they different?
2.Decision #2
o Why did you select this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learnin" rel="nofollow">ing Resources.
o What were you hopin" rel="nofollow">ing to achieve by makin" rel="nofollow">ing this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learnin" rel="nofollow">ing Resources.
o Explain" rel="nofollow">in any difference between what you expected to achieve with Decision #2 and the results of the decision. Why were they different?
3.Decision #3
o Why did you select this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learnin" rel="nofollow">ing Resources.
o What were you hopin" rel="nofollow">ing to achieve by makin" rel="nofollow">ing this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learnin" rel="nofollow">ing Resources.
o Explain" rel="nofollow">in any difference between what you expected to achieve with Decision #3 and the results of the decision. Why were they different?
Also in" rel="nofollow">include how ethical considerations might impact your treatment plan and communication with clients.
Support your rationale with a min" rel="nofollow">inimum of three academic resources. While you may use the course text to support your rationale, it will not count toward the resource
requirement.
NOTE
Decision trees
1. Complete the decision tree (keep track of what you selected. come up with a rational reason why you chose it. Come up with patient specific rational reason behin" rel="nofollow">ind
not choosin" rel="nofollow">ing the other two options not chosen).
2. look at the "assignment" section of the assignment in" rel="nofollow">in the classroom.
3. Answer those questions based on your decisions in" rel="nofollow">in the decision tree.
4. Write a paper addressin" rel="nofollow">ing all section listed based on the decision tree.