Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read the required chapters from the text and review the required articles for this week. Over the course of the past weeks, we have considered the use of medications in the treatment of various psychological disorders. This discussion will provide you with an opportunity to give an informed appraisal on the use of drugs to treat disorders and defend your stance based on your judgment of the literature. In your initial post, describe what you believe are the greatest strengths and weaknesses of using the medications to treat psychological disorders. Evaluate the employment of psychoactive drugs in the treatment of disorders over the lifespan from both an ethical and risk-benefits perspective. Summarize the theories of psychiatric disease and the scientific rationale behind its treatment through the employment of drug therapies. Explain what you believe to be the greatest challenges in the use of psychoactive medications over the next several years. Support your statements with references and logical arguments.
Conner, D. F. (2011, August 11). Problems of over diagnosis and overprescribing in ADHD (Links to an external site.). Psychiatric Times. Retrieved from http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/adhd/problems-overdiagnosis-and-overprescribing-adhd
In this piece a physician takes an overarching view of the issues behind ADHD.
Dolan, E. W. (2011, August 7). Antidepressant use increasing among those with no psychiatric diagnosis. (Links to an external site.) The Raw Story. Retrieved from http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/08/07/antidepressant-use-increasing-among-those-with-no-psychiatric-diagnosis/
This is an opinion piece on the important issue of psychiatric drug use.
Gup, T. (2013, April 2). Diagnosis: Human (Links to an external site.). The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/03/opinion/diagnosis-human.html?_r=2&
This is an insightful opinion piece about the problem with psychiatric diagnosis considering the range of human behavior.
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