Assignment Instructions
TREATING MOOD DISORDERS
Instructions
For this assignment, choose a medication used to treat one of the two mood disorders from Chapter 3 of your course text—depression or bipolar disorder. If you’d like to write about another disorder, discuss it with your instructor. In a short (3–4 page) paper:

Describe the medication you chose, including:
The biological actions and effects of the medication.
The neurotransmitters affected and what effects each neurotransmitter has.
Whether it is a drug agonist or drug antagonist.
How the medication affects the brain.
The behavioral and psychological effects of the medication.
The therapeutic effects of the medication that affect mood and behavior.
The side effects of the medication that affect mood and behavior.
Describe the mood disorder (depression or bipolar disorder) the medication treats.
Common symptoms of the disorder.
Analyze how the medication treats the disorder.
Include strengths and weaknesses of using this medication to treat the disorder.
Assignment Requirements
Your assignment should also meet the following requirements:

Writing style: Text is well-organized, incorporates evidence, and uses appropriate tone in grammatically sound sentences. Learn more in the Writing Center.
APA format: References and citations are formatted according to current APA style and formatting guidelines. Learn more in the Evidence and APA section of the Writing Center.
Resources: A minimum of three resources (at least two scholarly resources and one professional, credible resource, such as the PDR).
Length of paper: 3–4 typed, double-spaced pages of content, in addition to a title page and a reference page.
Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.