Knowing that regardless of where you practice

Knowing that regardless of where you practice your nursing practice, many individuals in your care may be taking one or another psychotropic drug, how It is important for you to understand the normal structure and function of the brain as relate to mental disturbances and psychotropic drugs? Include in your answer the Next: a. How can nurses use knowledge about how normal brain function affected by any psychotropic drug or psychiatric illness? b. How brain imaging can help in understanding and treating people with mental disorders? c. How might your understanding of neurotransmitters affect your ability to assess the response of the client to specific drugs? Margarita has an organic brain disorder that causes aggressiveness, anxiety and insomnia. she explains to her doctor that “I feel like my engines are always overheating. I don’t get super hyper, I’m super super all the time. In addition to anxiety, panic attacks, and insomnia, episodes of paranoia they provoke Margarita to become aggressive. Margarita was initially put on an antipsychotic but she unfortunately she developed extrapyramidal effects, including lots of movement unintentional ones that frightened and embarrassed her. Her psychiatrist identified these extrapyramidal effects and she tapered her dosage down to the minimum that she could benefit him. Margarita has changed her doctor and now been treated with a different antipsychotic and she feels much better, she has not only been in better control of her symptoms of her but the motor problems that embarrassed her disappeared. “Now,” she says, “My main problem is that I am gaining weight. I think it’s the new medicine, every time I I leave I get skinny but also more super hyper”. a. Based on Margarita’s history of side effects and adherence, predict which two types of medication has she been taking and which one causes her weight gain? b. Margarita has been seeing commercials on TV about a medicine called Abilify. she understands not causes weight gain like now. Her psychiatrist calls it a third-generation antipsychotic. 1. How does the unique effect of this drug differ from the first and second generation agents? 2. Is it correct that it causes less weight gain?

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