A Middle-Aged Caucasian Man with Anxiety
Name
NURS-6630C: Psychopharmacologic Approaches to Treatment of Psychopathology
Walden University
2022
Introduction
Mental disease is a widespread phenomenon globally and in the United States (Chou et
al., 2012). The most common anxiety-mood disorders in the United States include internal
diseases such as severe depression and phobias. The overall well-being of people was influenced
by fear. In addition to the symptoms, anxiety also includes unreasonable fears and worries (Chou
et al., 2012).
This week’s case study
A Middle-Aged Caucasian Man with Anxiety
Decision 1
The first decision would be to offer the patient Zoloft with 50 mg of PO regular,
Imipramine with 25 mg of PO BID. The drugs called tricyclic antidepressants (TCA) contain
imipramine. Imipramine helps restore control of the norepinephrine neurotransmitter in the brain
(Cassano, Baldini & Pini, 2012). The patient often drinks 3–4 beers at night, which is an
indicator of the sedative existence of the TCA to take Imipramine (Stahl 2015b), undoubtedly.
Client X's goal is to educate him about the importance of pursuing the prescribed drug
scheme and to clarify the anticipated outcomes of a treatment program. Reduce the stress,
worries and healthy diet of Client X to boost weight loss goals. Even, to recommend raising the
