About psychiatric medication

Running head: PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATION AND MENTAL HEALTH
Psychotropic Medication and Mental Health
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Introduction
Psychotropic medicines refer to the drugs that helps in satisfying mental health care
needs of the population. The medicines are selected on the basis of the public health
relevance along with the evidence of the safety (Evans, Nizette & O'Brien, 2016). The
psychotropic medicines helps in treating the symptoms related to the mental disorders and it
is aimed at reducing the disability in the people. The medication with the help of the
psychotropic drugs can prove to be effective in the acute stages and it can aid in the
prevention of the relapses. The sedative medications can control the behaviour of an
individual however it can prove to be coercive for the health of an individual. It can have the
detrimental effect on the mental health of a person that can prove to be damaging in the long
run. This essay discusses about usage of the psychotropic behaviours that can manage the
symptoms for the people who are suffering from the brunt of the mental illness. The essay
elucidates on the challenges that the registered nurses have to face in the event of
administering the psychotropic medication to the patient.
Discussion
Sedative medication refers to the kind of the prescription medication which slows
down the brain activity of an individual. It induces the feeling of relaxation in an individual
and it proves to be useful in treating various kinds of conditions like the anxiety along with
the sleep disorders (Stroup et al., 2019). The sedative drugs are instrumental in bringing
about the modification of the nerve communications within the central nervous system to the
brain. The sedatives are instrumental in making neurotransmitter called the gamma-
aminobutyric acid (GABA) in working in the overtime manner. The sedatives help the
GABA in the production of the stronger effect on the brain activity.

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There exists evidence in the literature that points out to the fact that the psychotropic
medications proves to be ineffective while treating the condition of an individual. The
neuroleptics proves to be ineffective in the long run and it cannot cure the mental condition of
an individual. It have been brought out by the psychiatrist Emmanuel Stip that there does not
exist any evidence in the present time about the long term effectiveness of the psychotropic
drug. There exists the tendency in the people that the person who is suffering from the
psychotic break would eventually develop chronic illness in the longer frame of time. The
psychotropic medications are made use of so that it can make individuals more “manageable”
that can prove to be convenient for the individuals who are providing support to the person.
There exists the expectation that the sedative medications can preclude the outbursts
(Rasmussen et al., 2019). It can however be asserted that it proves to be unrealistic except
when it is provided at the very high doses. It have been found to make the life more difficult
for the care-givers because individual changes takes place on account of the administration of
the drug. It have been found that in many cases, the moderate dose of the anti-psychotic
medications interferes with the process of learning of an individual that can enable
individuals in changing the “unmanageable” behaviour. Long-term recovery rate have been
found to be higher in the patients who does not receive the psychopharmacological treatment
in the long term (Alvares et al., 2016). The prolonged usage of the anti-psychotic
medications can prove to be helpful in treating schizophrenia however there exists very little
amount of the systematic evidence pertaining to long-term benefit of the anti-psycotics.
High prevalence of the usage of the psychotropic drugs evokes the mixed feelings
among the general practitioners. The decisions pertaining to prescribing of the psychotropics
within the framework of the primary care have been found to be problematic. There exists the
intertwining of the medical along with the socio-economic problems that raises the
controversy in relation to the use of the psychotropic drugs. The general practitioners are

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requested to repeat the prescription which was originally issued by another physician which
poses the particular set of the problems. Assessment of the reason of another physician for the
prescribing can be difficult owing to limited information within the medical records (Brett et
al., 2017). In the event of the prescription being inherited from that of another physician the
receiving general practitioner thinks that the responsibility lies mainly with initiator. This
kind of tendency have been found to be more pronounced in the case of the problematic drugs
like the opioids along with benzodiazepines where the general practitioner have to take on
demanding task to bring about reduction of dosages (Dharni & Coates, 2018). The general
practitioners think that the socio-economic factors are crucial to the prescribing of the drugs.
The lack of the alternative therapies poses the risk for the practitioners that creates the way
for the prescription of the psychotropics as the coping mechanism.
Depression was previously a rare disorder that used to affect the older people who
were already chronic in the society. The antidepressant drugs provides the benefits in the
shorter span of time however they worsen progression of disease in the longer span of time
(Beach et al., 2018). It have been found that usage of the antidepressant drugs can propel
illness to the malignant along with the unresponsive course. The depression is caused in the
individuals owing to chemical imbalance of brain and it cannot be cured with the aid of
medication. It can be stated that psychotherapy is cheaper and more effective in the longer
span of time when compared to the medications. It can prove to be useful in treating the
serious level of the depression (Sanjida et al., 2019).
The benzodiazepines creates the way for the cognitive impairment which can make
the client retain the lesser amount of the information. The anxiolytics can aid in the reduction
of the short term anxiety however their usage can interfere with the prospect of recovery of
an individual. It have been found by the researchers that the anxiolytics bear the short-term
effect and it can pose the serous risk for the aspect of the tolerance of an individual. It can