Assignment task:
Explore options for complementary and alternative medicine in psychiatric mental health care or functional medicine aspects that you could envision incorporating into your practice. For this discussion, since this ends your psychopharmacology and prescribing course, keep your options focused on supplements, herbs, etc.
Choose a specific diagnosis or situation that could be treated using complementary pharmacological options and include all information listed below. Please DO NOT choose omega 3 fatty acids.
Include the following:
- Diagnostic testing and assessments.
- Pharmacologic interventions: including dosage, route, and frequency.
- Mechanism of action (MOA).
- Contraindications.
- Education, including health promotion, maintenance, and psychosocial needs.
- Referrals.
- Follow-up, including return to clinic (RTC) with timeframe and reason and any labs