Medications for Mental Health Disorders — NCLEX-PN Review | Chapter 65: Saunders
Medications for Mental Health Disorders — NCLEX-PN Review | Chapter 65: Saunders Chapter 65 of Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-PN® Examination (7th Edition) by Linda Anne Silvestri and Angela E. Silvestri offers an essential pharmacology guide to psychiatric medications used in treating mental health disorders. Covering antidepressants, mood stabilizers, antipsychotics, anxiolytics, sedative-hypnotics, and herbal therapies, this chapter equips NCLEX-PN candidates with critical safety protocols, side effect recognition, and patient education strategies. Watch the lecture above for a complete NCLEX-focused breakdown of psychotropic drug classes, therapeutic ranges, adverse effects, and nursing interventions. Antidepressants SSRIs: fluoxetine, sertraline — sexual dysfunction, serotonin syndrome risk, gradual tapering. SNRIs: venlafaxine, duloxetine — nausea, insomnia, dry mouth. TCAs: amitriptyline, imipramine — orthostatic hypotension, anticholinergic ...