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Assessing and Treating Clients With Anxiety Disorders

The Assignment
Examine Case Study: A Middle-Aged Caucasian Man With Anxiety. You will be asked to
make three decisions concerning the medication to prescribe to this client. Be sure to

consider factors that might impact the client’s pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic
processes.
At each decision point stop to complete the following:
 Decision #1
o Which decision did you select?
o Why did you select this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the
Learning Resources.
o What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with
evidence and references to the Learning Resources.
o Explain any difference between what you expected to achieve with Decision #1 and the results
of the decision. Why were they different? Assessing and Treating Clients With Anxiety Disorders
 Decision #2
o Why did you select this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the
Learning Resources.
o What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with
evidence and references to the Learning Resources.
o Explain any difference between what you expected to achieve with Decision #2 and the results
of the decision. Why were they different?
 Decision #3
o Why did you select this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the
Learning Resources.
o What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with
evidence and references to the Learning Resources.
o Explain any difference between what you expected to achieve with Decision #3 and the results
of the decision. Why were they different?
Also include how ethical considerations might impact your treatment plan and
communication with clients.
Note: Support your rationale with a minimum of three academic resources. While you
may use the course text to support your rationale, it will not count toward the resource
requirement.
Submission and Grading Information
To submit your completed Assignment for review and grading, do the following:
 Save your Assignment using the naming convention “WK5Assgn+last name+first
initial.(extension)” as the name.
 Click on the Assignment Rubric to review the Grading Criteria for the Assignment.
 Click on the Week 5 Assignment link. Next, from the Attach File area, click on the Browse My
Computer button. Find the document you saved as “WK5Assgn+last name+first
initial.(extension)” and click on Open.
 If applicable: From the Plagiarism Tools area, click in the checkbox for I agree to submit my
paper(s) to the Global Reference Database. Assessing and Treating Clients With Anxiety Disorders
Grading Criteria
To access your rubric:
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Submit your Week 5 Assignment draft and review the originality report.
Submit Your Assignment by Day 7
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Making Connections

Now that you have:
 Assessed clients presenting with PTSD and other anxiety disorders
 Developed personalized plans of anxiolytic therapy for clients
 Examined factors that influence pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic processes in clients
requiring anxiolytic therapy
 Explored ethical and legal implications of prescribing anxiolytic therapy to clients
Next week, you will build on your assessment and treatment skills as you examine
clients presenting for antipsychotic therapy.

Learning Resources
Note: To access this week’s required library resources, please click on the link to the
Course Readings List, found in the Course Materials section of your Syllabus.
Required Readings

Note: All Stahl resources can be accessed through this link provided.
Stahl, S. M. (2013). Stahl’s essential psychopharmacology: Neuroscientific basis and
practical applications (4th ed.). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

To access the following chapters, click on the Essential Psychopharmacology, 4th ed
tab on the Stahl Online website and select the appropriate chapter. Be sure to read all
sections on the left navigation bar for each chapter. Assessing and Treating Clients With Anxiety Disorders
 Chapter 9, “Anxiety Disorder and Anxiolytics”
Stahl, S. M., & Grady, M. (2010). Stahl’s illustrated anxiety, stress, and PTSD. New
York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

To access the following chapters, click on the Illustrated Guides tab and then the
Anxiety, Stress, and PTSD tab.
 Chapter 4, “First-Line Medications for PTSD”
 Chapter 5, “Second-Line, Adjunct, and Investigational Medications for PTSD”
Strawn, J. R., Wehry, A. M., DelBello, M. P., Rynn, M. A., & Strakowski, S. (2012).
Establishing the neurobiologic basis of treatment in children and adolescents with
generalized anxiety disorder. Depression and Anxiety, 29(4), 328-339.
doi:10.1002/da.21913

Hamilton, M. (1959). Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale. PsycTESTS, doi:10.1037/t02824-0
Required Media
Laureate Education. (2016b). Case study: A middle-aged Caucasian man with anxiety
[Interactive media file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.

Note: This case study will serve as the foundation for this week’s Assignment.
Optional Resources
Lupi, M., Martinotti, G., Acciavatti, T., Pettorruso, M., Brunetti, M., Santacroce, R., & …
Di Giannantonio, M. (2014). Pharmacological treatments in gambling disorder: A
qualitative review. Biomed Research International, 2014. doi:10.1155/2014/537306
To prepare for this Assignment:
 Review this week’s Learning Resources. Consider how to assess and treat clients requiring
anxiolytic therapy.