Psychopharmacologic Approaches to Treatment of Psychopathology (laureate

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media.com)

 

 

Assignment

: Assessing and Treating Patients With

Impulsivity, Compulsivity, and Addiction

 

 

The Assignment: 5 pages

 

Examine

 

Case Study: A Puerto Rican Woman With Comorbid Addiction

. You will be

asked to make three decisions concerning the medication to prescribe

 

to this client.

 

Be

sure to consider factors that might impact the client’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 a

nd 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 pa

tient

–

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 consid

erations 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 speci

fic 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.

 

Psychopharmacologic Approaches to Treatment of Psychopathology (laureate-media.com)

 

Assignment: Assessing and Treating Patients With

Impulsivity, Compulsivity, and Addiction

 

The Assignment: 5 pages

Examine Case Study: A Puerto Rican Woman With Comorbid Addiction. You will be

asked to make three decisions concerning the medication to prescribe to this client. Be

sure to consider factors that might impact the client’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.