SOSC 1140 Study Guide - Stimulant, The Journal Of Clinical Psychiatry, Microsoft Powerpoint

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1140
• Professor: Henry Jackman

Document Summary

I agree with marcel based on his notion that considering the side effects of medications is one of the most important factor when deciding treatment for internalizing and externalizing disorders. Taking a doctor"s perspective, there is a tendency that people would respond to a specific treatment method differently; this is attributed to individual biological, mental, cultural differences, history of illness, as well as possible inherited disease (cromer 2013). With this in mind the doctor should consider the fact that a youth suffering from adhd for example may exhibit different treatment effects compared to another youth with the same disorder. This would enable the doctor to be able to prescribe an effective treatment method for the youth. For example, there are different stimulants used to treat adhd (faraone and wilens 2007). As said by dr rahey, the most often prescribed medication for adhd are amphetamines (2013). Other prescribed medications include adderall, metadate, methylin etc (faraone and wilens 2007).