Managing psychiatric pharmacotherapy in older adults

Managing psychiatric pharmacotherapy in older adults

Psychiatric medication management is the process of working with a psychiatrist to ensure that your psychiatric medications are effective and safe. This could entail altering dosages, replacing medicines, or adding additional medications.

Because mental health issues might alter over time, it is imperative to schedule regular Psychiatric Medication Management consultations. Once-effective medications may lose their effectiveness over time or develop new negative effects.

Your psychiatrist will inquire about your symptoms, the effectiveness of your medications, and any side effects you may be feeling during your Psychiatric Medication Management visit. They will then offer suggestions for alterations to your current array of mental health medications.

Psychiatric medications come in a wide variety of forms, and each one is used to treat a different mental health issue. Among the most widely used psychiatric pharmaceuticals and medications for mental health are: antidepressants, mood stabilizers and anti-anixety drugs

In this course you will learn about Psychiatric disorders in older adults , drugs available for treatment and pharmacotherapeutic management of it to enjoy this course you should have pharmacologic background from any of medical aspect If you are a doctor , a Pharmacist, a Nurse or any other allied health professional working in any geriatric medical facility or studying for any geriatric board join me to this course and enjoy learning

Learn psychiatric pharmacotherapy in geriatrics

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What you will learn

• Psychiatric disorders in older adults , drugs available for treatment and pharmacotherapeutic management of it

Rating: 4.66667

Level: All Levels

Duration: 2 hours

Instructor: Shimaa Elsayed Ahmed