Disorders With Affective Components

Disorders With Affective Components

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Disorders with Affective Components

As a psychiatric nurse practitioner (PNP), does that research finding surprise you? How do PNPs ensure that effective psychopharmacologic treatments are prescribed to address the prevalence of affective disorders?

Consider for example that current treatments are sub-optimal, resulting in poor patient responses and uncertain modes-of-action (Plant, 2017). While it is no surprise that mental health medicine and clinical approaches are constantly evolving, novel insights into the underlying mechanisms of how affective disorders arise, remain. Additionally, the use of psychopharmacologic treatments may not always be consistent with a patient’s preferred treatment plan. Thus, your skills and understanding of how to assess and treat patients with affective disorders are important in ensuring positive patient outcomes and may also contribute to the research needed to connect clinical observations to the neuroscience, physiology, and pharmacologic processes needed to treat these disorders.

_{Reference:
Plant, N. (2017). Can a systems approach produce a better understanding of mood disorders? Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 1861(1), 3335-3344. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.BBAGEN.2016.08.016}

What’s Happening This Module?

Module 2, Disorders With Affective Components, is a 6-week module. During Week 4, you will begin applying your assessment and therapy skills as you engage in your first Assignment assessing and treating pediatric patients with mood disorders. In Week 5, you will continue to apply your assessment and therapy skills as you assess and treat patients presenting with bipolar disorders. As you engage with the decision tree exercises, reflect on the critical decision-making skills that you, as a psychiatric nurse practitioner, are making, as these skills are essential to your current and future practice. In Week 6, you will assess and treat patients presenting with anxiety and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). You will also complete your Midterm Exam. During Week 7, you will assess and treat patients presenting with schizophrenia. In Week 8, you will complete a Short Answer Assessment in which you will synthesize your understanding of sleep/wake disorders. You will also continue to apply your assessment and therapy skills as you assess and treat patients presenting with sleep/wake disorders. During Week 9, you will examine psychopharmacologic therapies for patients with ADHD/ODD and you will complete a Quiz to test your understanding of the content explored in this module

What do I have to do?	When do I have to do it?
Review your Learning Resources.	Days 1–7, Weeks 4–9
Assignment: Assessing and Treating Pediatric Patients With Mood Disorders	Submit your Assignment by Day 7 of Week 4.
Assignment: Assessing and Treating Patients With Bipolar Disorder	Submit your Assignment by Day 7 of Week 5.
Assignment: Assessing and Treating Patients With Anxiety Disorders	Submit your Assignment by Day 7 of Week 6.
Midterm Exam	Complete Midterm Exam by Day 7 of Week 6.
Discussion: Treatment for a Patient With Insomnia	Post by Day 3 of Week 7 and respond to your colleagues by Day 6 of Week 7.
Assignment: Assessing and Treating Patients With Psychosis and Schizophrenia	Submit your Assignment by Day 7 of Week 7.
Assignment 1: Short Answer Assessment	Submit your Assignment by Day 7 of Week 8.
Assignment 2: Assessing and Treating Patients With Sleep/Wake Disorders	Submit your Assignment by Day 7 of Week 8.
Assignment: Assessing and Treating Patients With ADHD/ODD	Submit your Assignment by Day 7 of Week 9.
Quiz: Assessing and Treating Patients With Psychopharmacology	Complete Quiz by Day 7 of Week 9.