title: Psychiatric medication: what the occupational health nurse should know.
abstract: 1. Occupational health nurses need a general knowledge of psychiatric medications to work effectively with clients and their off site health providers. 2. Acquiring an understanding of the major classes of medications--anti-psychotic, anti-anxiety, anti-depressant, and antimanic--is important. 3. It is helpful to understand under what conditions and with which conditions psychotropic medications are helpful.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ojakian
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009785:Occupational Health Nursing; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000145:classification / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs