01 Oct Prescriptive Practice in Psychiatric Nursing
Advance Psychopharmacology
Prescriptive Practice in Psychiatric Nursing
Toward a New Understanding of Mental Illness (3:05 minutes)
Toward a New Understanding of Mental Illness Video Transcript
To complete this discussion
Compare the Ted Talk video to the NY Times article by Carlat, D. (2010). Mind Over Meds (PDF), and answer the following questions:
How do you view the role of psychiatric medication in the promotion of patient well-being?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of being a psychopharmacologist versus also integrating psychotherapy in your clinical practice?
What does the literature say (that is, support for or lack of evidence) for integration of psychotherapy and prescribing by the same clinician (APRN or MD)?
What evidence supports the use of both psychotherapy and psychopharmacology as the role for the PMHNP to improve patient outcomes?
Instructions
Carefully read the questions presented.
Reflect on the assigned materials from this week and consider experiences from your own practice to support your ideas. Please use proper citations and APA format.
You may wish to refer to outside sources as well to support your statements.
