Title: Understanding the Half-Life of an FDA-Approved Psychiatric Medication One FDA-approved medication currently used in psychiatry is sertraline, also known by the brand name Zoloft. Sertraline is a selective serotonin

Modern psychopharmacology is largely the story of chemical neurotransmission. One must be fluent in the language and principles of chemical neurotransmission to:
Understand the actions of drugs on the brain.
Grasp the impact of diseases upon the central nervous system.
Interpret the behavioral consequences of psychiatric medicines.
Discussion Post
Choose an FDA-approved medication currently used in psychiatry.
Explain the concept of that drug’s half-life.  
How long would it take for that drug to reach a steady state?  
How frequently should the medication be dosed based on the half-life? 
Use Epocrates.com as a reference for this assignment.
Submission Instructions:
Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources.