Psych Meds Discussion

More and more patients are being diagnosed with mental illness. As nurses, we must stay up to date on medical management of psychiatric disorders. Depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder are common diagnoses your patients may have. Address all questions for your initial posting. Copy and paste the questions below in your original discussion posting. Provide a new paragraph for each question:

What is the role of SSRI’s in depression management?

How does the medication treatment differ for depression in an adolescent versus an adult?

What about patients that have co-morbid psychiatric disorders? What would you educate patients about who are taking multiple anti-psychotic medications?