NURS 6630N Week 4 Assignment (2020) | NURS- 6630N Approaches to Treatment | Asian American Woman with Bipolar Disorder

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Asian American Woman With Bipolar Disorder 1 Topic: Asian American Woman with Bipolar Disorder Ugonma Nwokorie Walden University NURS- 6630N Approaches to Treatment 3/19/2020 Asian American Wom... an With Bipolar Disorder 2 Introduction Bipolar disorder is a chronic disease that can cause different symptoms which can affect the client and the caregivers. Despite multiple pharmacological interventions, many people with bipolar disorder (BD) experience substantial residual mood symptoms, even in the absence of severe mood episodes, which have a negative impact on the course of illness and quality of life. Limited data are available on how to optimize treatment for BD, especially for those who suffer from persistent and residual depressive symptoms (Hanssen, et al., 2019). Bipolar disorder (BD) is a disabling, chronic condition characterized by recurrent (hypo) manic, depressive, and/or mixed episodes, affecting approximately 1.2% of adult men and 1.4% of adult women (Hanssen, et al., 2019). Talking about suicide does not sound good and is disrespectful act to individual client in Asian society and the women are faced with this situation every day. Bipolar disorder is one of the leading causes of disability, and associated with considerable economic occupational and social burden. Similar to individuals with major depression, people with BD demonstrate a tendency to ruminate in response to negative affect which will result to client having ruminative thinking, decreased interest, and motivation, and a loss of positive effect which will result to increase in depressive symptoms. Approximately 60% of clients with BD relapse in a full mood episode within two years after recovering from the mood episode previous. The consistent mood symptoms affect the quality of the client’s life negatively so the client needs an additional psychological interventions which include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and is been effective for people with major depression or BD. Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) approaches haven recently shown to be effective for BD clients as one of the psychological treatment option as a way of preventing any relapse in client with Bipolar disorder. “Most patients with BD present initially to primary care providers, but through a lack of Asian American Woman With Bipolar Disorder 3 resources or expertise many do not receive an adequate evaluation for possible bipolar diagnosis” (Manning, 2010). Decision #1 Which decision did I select: As a provider the best decision that I will chose to begin client on Risperdal 1mg by mouth twice. Why did I select this decision: I will start the client on Risperdal 1mg by mouth because according to Valdes, et al., (2019) due to this medication is an atypical antipsychotic medication that is the first line of treatment which is recommended for acute mania in clients with bipolar disorder. Also is also recommended for clients who ar [Show More]

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