Medication Paper

Select a medication that is either classified as an antidepressant or mood stabilizer. Based on your selection, write a paper (maximum 4 pages) and discuss the following information related to the medication you selected.

·        Evidence based treatment selection (FDA approved uses)

·        Off label uses, if any

·        Contraindications, if any to use

·        Mechanism of action

·        Potential side effects

·        Lab monitoring/ follow up

·        Role of the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in the role of prescribing and managing the medication

Include a minimum of 4 evidence-based articles to support your paper that are 5 years old or less (exceptions: DSM-5 and course textbooks).Use two of this references  

American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425596

Sadock, B. J., Sadock, V. A., & Ruiz, P. (2017). Kaplan & Sadock’s synopsis of psychiatry: Behavioral sciences/clinical psychiatry (12th ed.). Wolters Kluwer.

Stahl, S. M. (2024). Prescriber’s guide: Stahl’s essential psychopharmacology. Cambridge University Press.

Wheeler, K. (2020). Psychotherapy for the Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nursing.