Instruction
READINGS
Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders; Dissociative Disorders; Somatic Symptom Disorders; Elimination Disorders; Sleep/Wake Disorders; Gender Dysphoria
Week 3 Readings (W3LO 1,4):
Readings in the Preston, O’Neal, and Talaga (2017)
Chapter 12: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Readings in the DSM-5 (W3LO1)
Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders through Unspecified Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorder. 265-290.
Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders, Bipolar and Related Disorders. pp. 87-188.
Agoraphobia through Unspecified Somatic Symptoms and Related Disorders. pp. 217-328.
Elimination Disorders through Unspecified Sleep-Wake Disorder. pp. 355-422.
Gender Dysphoria through Unspecified Gender Dysphoria. pp. 451-460.
Major and Mild Neurocognitive Disorders through Unspecified Neurocognitive Disorder. pp. 602-643.
Articles:
Kelmendi, B., Adams, T. G., Southwick, S., Abdullas, C. C., & Krystal, J. H. (2017). Posttraumatic stress disorder: An integrated overview of the neurobiological rationale for pharmacology. Clinical Psychology, 24(3), 281-297. doi: 10.1111/cpsp.1220
Lanius, R. A., Brand, B., Vermetten,E., Frewen, P. A., & Speigel, D. (2012) The dissociative subtype of posttraumatic stress disorder: Rationale, clinical, and neurological evidence, and implications. Depression and Anxiety 29, 701-708. doi: 10.1002/da.21889
For your main post, respond to the following prompt. The newer antipsychotic medications give rise to greater patient compliance due to their reduced side effect profiles (esp. EPS & TD) over the older typical antipsychotic medications. In addition, they also offer a significant improvement in terms of symptom relief. Describe the hypothesis for why this is so, and discuss the symptom reductions.
Many patients who receive Medicare, Medicaid, or are under government care (such as in prisons) are treated with the older typical antipsychotics. Why is this, and what does it say about who is in charge of prescribing?
Of all the newer atypical, novel or second generation antipsychotic medications,which drug seems to carry the greatest associated risk for weight gain and an increased risk for diabetes?
You should use a range of scholarly literature to support your discussion. Citations and references must be in APA format. See the grading rubric for more information.