of blood monitoring. The committee felt that quetiapine, although not having randomized controlled trial data to support its use, did have the data to support its safety, whereas all other atypical antipsychotics, excepting clozapine, did not. Aripiprazole is to be consider the third line agent, although data indicate that it is likely to worsen some patients. Cholinesterase inhibitors have also been used but not reported nearly as extensively as the AA. The data suggest mild benefit only, and the
Other therapies Other kinds of therapies out there today are musical, physical, speech, and occupational. Doctors use all of these to help children with autism as well as the other treatments mentioned before. Speech specifically is one of the most beneficial to children with autism (Autism Spectrum Disorder, 2018). Because of the communicational issues children with autism sometimes face speech therapy helps immensely with helping them learn how to speak and have conversations with others. Not
The medication given to people with schizophrenia often comes with difficult side effects. Is it wrong to treat someone who does not understand what is best for them? How can one determine what is best for a patient? People with schizophrenia are troubled by complicated medical treatments, which leads to a decision making process that affects more people than just the patient. Requiring schizophrenic patients to be medicated may improve their quality of life and reduce the risk of a potential threat
noncompliance to the oral medications, long-acting depot would likely be beneficial to Madam M. Therefore, the doctor initiated intramuscular fluphenazine decanoate 25mg monthly for her. As for oral antipsychotics, the doctor aimed to taper off tablet aripiprazole in the future. This was because a monotherapy (IM depot) was likely sufficient for Madam
prescribed. Second-generation antipsychotics These newer, second-generation medications are generally preferred because they pose a lower risk of serious side effects than do first-generation antipsychotics. Second-generation antipsychotics include: Aripiprazole (Abilify) Asenapine
Dissociative Identity Disorder, or better known as Multiple Personality disorder, is an extreme kind of dissociation where the affected individual creates distinct and different personalities in response to severe trauma or violently stressful situations. They remove themselves from any behaviors, memories, feelings and/or actions that would identify with the main personality, from the person that experienced the events. Each identity has its own name, gender, manner of speech and behavior as well
psuedoparkinsonism, and tardive dyskinesia). Second generation antipsychotics are often drug of choice due to the fact that they target both positive and negative symptoms while producing minimal EPS. Third generation antipsychotics consist of only one drug, Aripiprazole. This drug has very little side effects and improves positive and negative symptoms and cognitive functioning significantly. Psychotherapy that includes social support systems benefits the improvement of the person holistically. Also understanding
Describe the various classifications of antipsychotics and anxiolytic agents. What are the essential differences in each? Consider pharmacology, indications, dosing strategies, indications and contraindications Antipsychotics are classified into first generation (typical) and second generation (atypical) antipsychotics. Antipsychotics are indicated for the treatment of several mental health conditions such as: acute mania, Psychosis in schizophrenia, dementia, delirium, depression, drug abuse, bipolar
Case management, post-discharge, is an integral part of working with clients who suffer from severe mental illnesses. Post-discharge is when the real opportunity to recover begins. Being able to recover and learn how to cope, is a very real option for those who struggle with mental illness if they have the proper supports and plans in place. Recovery can be defined in social work, as the clients new found, self-defined success within the community (Kondrat &Early, 2010). It is therefore, our job
Schizophrenia with depressive component or a ‘post-schizophrenic depression’ arises after a schizophrenic illness. Some of the schizophrenic symptoms may be present but no longer dominant1. These persisting schizophrenic symptoms may be “positive” or “negative”, though the latter are more common1. Pathophysiology of schizophrenia and depression There are many theories and hypotheses regarding the pathophysiology of schizophrenia3. The well-known hypothesis with regards to the pathophysiology of
have confounding effects on the results). In the present study we scanned a unique group of first-episode schizophrenia patients with little or no antipsychotic exposure enrolled in a double blind 12 week clinical trial of risperidone versus aripiprazole and age- and sex-matched healthy volunteers at baseline and following 12
Medications that are commonly used are antidepressants — citalopram, venlafaxine, phenelzine, fluoxetine, and sertraline. Depressants, such as carisoprodol, atropine, benzodiazepines, and cyclobenzaprine. Antipsychotic medication, — chlorpromazine, aripiprazole, Risperdal®, Haldol®, and mellaril — anxiety medication, such as Xanax®, librium, valium, and ativan. Lastly, stimulants like midafinil, methylphenidate, caffeine, and dextroamphetamine. Hypnosis is another technique as well. Five statistics about
As learned previously, schizophrenia is thought to be a devastating mental illness and it is only one for the larger classes of psychotic disorders (Schug & Fradella, 2015). This disorder may or may not be caused by the external environment and the affected individuals typically cannot differentiate their imaginations from real life scenarios. There are various symptoms associated with schizophrenia that vary from person to person as well as warning signs to look for. Additionally, there are risk
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder which blurs the line between reality and fantasy for those who suffer from it. The name schizophrenia means “split mind” which refers to patients often becoming split from reality. Because of the name, schizophrenia is often confused with Dissociative Identity Disorder, also known as Multiple Personality Disorder. Schizophrenia affects about one in every one hundred people. It has a variety of symptoms which span from hallucinations to extremely disorganised speech
Fragile X syndrome, stimulants such as Ritalin aid in calming the hyperactive symptoms and attention difficulties. Anti-seizure drugs are sometimes used to help battle behavior and mood problems and aggression as well as antipsychotics such as Aripiprazole. It has been shown that without
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that is characterized by disturbances in thought (such as delusions), perception (such as hallucinations), and behavior (such as disorganized speech or catatonic behavior), by a loss of emotional responsiveness and extreme apathy, and by noticeable deterioration in the level of functioning in everyday life —called also dementia praecox (Webster’s, 2017). The term ‘schizophrenia’ was coined in 1910 by the Swiss psychiatrist Paul Eugen Bleuler, and is derived from
Schizophrenia “When I was 22 I couldn’t leave my house because I thought people were out to get me. Twenty-six came along, and I was in the middle of a full-fledged psychosis. I was walking in 7-degree weather barefoot on some great missions.” Schizophrenia has that effect on people. Schizophrenia, a disease of the mind, has many different types, causes and symptoms however, it can be treated medically. (8) Schizophrenia is a serious mental illness that distorts a person’s way of thinking. People
In clinical practice, the effectiveness of music in the treatment of children with autism cannot be ignored, as it is one of the forms of psychotherapy and has been used as a clinical aid in recent years. This essay will explain new directions for integrating Orff music with the clinical treatment of children with autism and describe its use in rehabilitation programs and the improvement of expressive language skills and psychological problems. It will then evaluate the contribution of music therapy
This research paper is about mental disorders. It will focus specifically on schizophrenia, schizoaffective, bipolar and depression. There is a huge misconception about these illnesses in particular. Although their symptoms are very similar, there some differences between them. They also affect people in different ways. Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective disorder can be controlled with treatment, however, there is no cure. Bipolar and depression can be trigger by other factors and situation of everyone
Schizophrenia I chose to research schizophrenia because it is not a very common disease. Globally only 1% of the total population suffer from schizophrenia, while 1.2% of individuals in the United States suffer from the condition (McGrath J., 2008). In our society, schizophrenia is among the most misunderstood mental illnesses. The people who have experienced the worrying symptoms of schizophrenia or have had their loved ones diagnosed with it understand how overwhelming and discouraging it can be