Discuss major categories of psychotropic drugs, their rationale for use, mechanisms of action, common side effects, and drug interactions.

Understand
and be able to articulate the fundamentals of neurotransmission as it
relates to prescribing psychotropic medications for clients with acute and
chronic mental health conditions.
Discuss
major categories of psychotropic drugs, their rationale for use,
mechanisms of action, common side effects, and drug interactions.
Discuss
evidence to support and the appropriate use of complimentary alternative
medications in patients that are experiencing acute and chronic mental
health conditions seeking adjunctive or monotherapy treatment while
considering cultural and genetic factors as well as patient values.
Utilize
clinical assessment tools associated with diagnosing and prescribing for
psychiatric disorders and begin to utilize these tools in clinical
settings to assist with diagnosis and treatment of chronic mental health
conditions.
Propose
psychotherapeutic medication for selected patients keeping in mind safety
concerns while utilizing knowledge of current mental health, medical
concerns, age, gender, cultural factors, genetic factors, ethical
concerns, patient values, and prescriptive authority impact decision
making.
Utilize
research and provide basic diagnostic and psychopharmacology education to
your client and his/her family when prescribing.
Understand
ethical and legal considerations and controversies in current
pharmacological treatment of mental health patients.
Please answer the following questions with supporting examples
and full explanations.
For
each of the learning objectives, provide an analysis of how the course
supported each objective.
Explain
how the material learned in this course, based upon the objectives, will
be applicable to the professional application.

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