This chapter discussed various common mental health disorders and the drug classifications used in managing them. Some of these classifications can be used in more than one disorder. Likewise, multiple drug classifications can be used in treating a single mental…

Learning Outcomes By the end of this section, you should be able to: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most common psychiatric or neurobehavioral disorder in children. ADHD is more prevalent among males than females (NIMH, 2022). Various theories have…

Learning Outcomes By the end of this section, you should be able to: Anxiety can be described as a feeling of nervousness, apprehension, and/or worry about a future threat. Anxiety disorders involve excessive fear and anxiety and corresponding behaviors (American Psychiatric…

Learning Outcomes By the end of this section, you should be able to: Bipolar disorder is a complex brain-based illness with a primary characteristic of mood disturbance. Clients alternate between episodes of depression and mania. Depression was described in the…

Learning Outcomes By the end of this section, you should be able to: Psychosis is a collection of symptoms that include some level of disconnection with reality. These symptoms can include hallucinations, paranoid thoughts, and illogical thinking. Psychosis can be a…

Learning Outcomes By the end of this section, you should be able to: Depression is an affective disorder in which the person experiences feelings of sadness, anger, frustration, hopelessness, and helplessness. Although most individuals can feel this way at any point in their…

Figure 13.1 The nervous system, the body’s control center, consists of the brain, the spinal cord, and a very complex system of nerves. (attribution: Copyright Rice University, OpenStax, under CC BY 4.0 license) Chapter Outline 13.1 Antidepressants 13.2 Antipsychotics 13.3 Mood Stabilizers 13.4 Anxiolytics and Sedative-Hypnotics…