Psychopharmacology for Nurse in Advanced Practice

Psychopharmacology for Nurse in Advanced Practice

Introduction

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that can be identified by the breakdown of the thought processes and by a deficit of typical emotional responses. The most common symptoms of schizophrenia include paranoid, delusions, speech and thinking in an unorganized manner and auditory hallucinations. Significant occupational as well as social dysfunction may also appear. To provide medical treatment to its patients, behavior of the patient as well as his or her reported experiences need to be observed (The New York Times, 2013). Acute psychosis is a medical condition in which ...