Module 6: Psychological Disorders
Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act…mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood.
—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2018
As an advanced practice nurse, treating patients who may present with psychological disorders requires critical clinical decision making. It is your expertise in clinical decision making that will ensure that the pharmacotherapeutics and other suggested treatments prescribed to your patients will not only promote positive patient health outcomes but will lead to sustained health and well-being.
Reference: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2018). Mental health. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/mentalhealth/index.htm
What’s Happening This Module?
Module 6: Psychological Disorders is a 1-week module, Week 8 of the course. In this module, you will examine types of drugs prescribed to patients with psychological disorders. You also examine potential impacts of pharmacotherapeutics used to treat psychological disorders on a patient’s pathophysiology.
| What do I have to do? | When do I have to do it? |
| Review your Learning Resources | Days 1-7, Week 8 |
| Discussion: Decision Making When Treating Psychological Disorders | Post by Day 3 of Week 8, and respond to your colleagues by Day 6 of Week 8. |
| Assignment: Decision Tree for Neurologic and Musculoskeletal Disorders | Submit your Assignment by Day 7 of Week 8. |
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