Side Effects of Psychotropic Medications and Challenges for Nurses

Nursing Project

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Controversy of the use of psychotropic medications to control behaviours and managing
symptoms of mental illness....................................................................................................3
Challenging aspects for registered nurses who administer psychotropic medication to the
consumer who poses significant risk......................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................2

INTRODUCTION
Psychotropic refers a drug which affects a person’s mental state (Orsel and et.al., 2018).
This study is going to show some side effects of taking different psychotropic medicines which
can even worsen the health of people who are suffering from mental health problems. Further, it
will also show some challenges aspects which nurses administer psychotropic medications and
deal with all these problems.
MAIN BODY
Controversy of the use of psychotropic medications to control behaviours and managing
symptoms of mental illness
Mental illness refers mental disorders or wide range of mental illness/condition which affects
thinking, mood and behaviour as well. There are some examples of mental illness such as:
depression, anxiety disorders etc. There are several symptoms which are associated with
mental illness or disorder such as: high or low mood, long lasting sadness, social withdrawal
and sleeping habits. There are several medicines which are available and are being given by
professional care provides to people who are suffering from mental illness in order to
improve their health (Telles-Correia and et.al., 2017). But there are several such medicines
that affect the mind, behaviours and emotions and have side effects. Psychotropic drug have
capability to affect emotions and mind of people and these kinds of legal medicines include:
lithium for bipolar disorders is known as psychotropic.
A psychotropic refers any drug which affects thoughts, perception, mind and mood. Mental
health affects daily lives of people who are suffering from this disease. There are some facts
about this drug such as:
It is a broad category of drugs which treats several different conditions. These drugs work by
adjusting level of brain chemicals like dopamine etc. Some classes of legal psychotropic
medication include: mood stabilizers, anti-anxiety disorders, stimulants etc. Some of
psychotropic drugs can cause severe side effects and also require special monitoring
requirement by healthcare providers.