Sertraline Essays

of homeless people being mentally ill. Sadly drug companies often raise the prices of antidepressants to create a larger profit and rarely have the patient in mind. While many antidepressants are expensive there are some affordable options like sertraline and celexa and for less severe cases, homeopathic remedies like st. John's wort and omega three fatty acids have been proven to reduce depression symptoms.

Problematic Antidepressants: Pharmaceutical (SSRIs) It is well known that for year’s physicians have prescribed natural and chemical medications to treat many psychological disabilities. Since the 1950’s, depression ‘a psychological ailment,’ have been studied many times over and continues to be debated and studied. There are numerous ways to treat mental disorders. Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) medications and natural therapies are used to treat the condition of depression. Selective

The Nature of Man The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a detail filled trip back in time to the 1920’s. Fitzgerald tells the story of the inhabitants of West Egg, East Egg, New York City, and everyone in between. He is able to turn something as simple as a party into an entire plot to earn someone's affection and, what might seems like a harmless old billboard, into a symbol that is talked about on numerous occasions. As the novel progresses, more and more characters are introduced. Among

Kids on Meds The use of anti-depressants in children and teenagers is controversial at best. On the one hand there are studies conducted by neuroscientist which seem to prove that the use of these medication at a young age could possibly alter the brain's wiring permanently, thus altering its normal development. On the other hand, some psychiatrists claim that the benefits of using the medications far outweigh the risks of not treating the depressive episodes in children, due to the fact that each

Dysthymia, chronic pain, and eating disorders are all treated by antidepressants. Today, the number of adults and teenagers who are being prescribed antidepressants has increased more than 400% between 2005-2008, according to a report released by National Center for Health Statistics. According to a 2014 research paper from the Modern Medicine Network, 24 to 29.1 percent of the teenagers who participated in their study on the correlation between antidepressants and teen suicides, attempted suicide

Prozac is very effective, otherwise it wouldn’t be the most popular antidepressant. No doctor would, knowingly, prescribe something that doesn’t work. If someone distrusts their doctor that much they should change doctors instead of spending money on therapy. People generally need a four-year degree to earn the title of doctor, so it would make sense if they knew what they’re talking about, when prescribing medicine. Furthermore, Prozac’s suicide risk is just that, a risk, if the chance of suicide

Music therapy is the clinical use of music to achieve individual goals and improve relationships; it is also considered a form of Psychotherapy (Music Therapy Medicine). Melodies and harmonies are used to transport patients to new and safe places. The sweet rhythms brings peace and relaxation to stressed minds. Self-worth is found between each melodic note, and anxiety and depression are long forgotten. Memories that were once lost are now found, and medication is improved by this one simple healing

Must a human communicate in a ‘normal’ manner? Does a human have to experience the world in the same way as other humans? Do beings need to conform to normality to be considered human? Over the past several decades our culture has been struggling to understand how the autistic individual fits into society. Because many autistic individuals do not interact or communicate in the same manner as most people, they have often been thought of and treated as non-human. However as scientific data has grown

Capgras Delusion is a is a disorder in which the sufferer feels as if a close family member, such as a parent, spouse, sibling, or pet, has been replaced by an identical imposter. There can be many causes for capgras delusion, but many scientists believe it is simply the failure of normal brain recognition processes, which can be caused by stroke, overdose, epilepsy, or many other causes. However. other scientists believe that it is caused by the damage of the right side of the brain. Both of these

Samantha Denise Sanchez OT 1-1 Movie Review Ma’am Anne Peggy Obre Movie Critique of “Awakenings” The Writer: Oliver Sacks The Director: Penny Marshall December 12, 1990 The movie “Awakenings” is a story about a doctor's extraordinary work in the Sixties with a group of catatonic patients he finds languishing in a Bronx hospital. Speculating that their rigidity may be akin to an extreme form of Parkinsonism, he seeks permission

While OCD and PTSD share some characteristics, they have a number of differences and therefore their treatments have unique features to address these differences. Imaginal exposure therapy is often employed in treating individuals with PTSD; patients expose details of the trauma and their emotions associated with it, working through them systematically (Monson et al., 2007). In order to establish imaginal exposure effectively, therapists must encourage their clients to create a description of the

In 1991, amidst sharp conflict and controversy on the subject, an ad hoc committee consisting of ten medical experts from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted unanimously to approve the use of Prozac and other selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) within the United States for the treatment of various forms of depression amongst both adults and children. In the fifteen years that have followed, tens of millions of people have been prescribed these SSRIs, which today include Prozac

Nearly 19.2 million Americans suffer from different specific phobias such as Aquaphobia. Aquaphobia is a social phobia that is defined as the persistent, unwarranted and irrational fear of water. Aquaphibians conjure up images of dying in the water, drowning, gasping for breath, or encountering eerie, unseen things such as snakes or sharks in the water. In the short story “The Isabel Fish” by Julie Orringer, one of the main characters Maddy has gained this phobia of water due to her car accident

Holistic Assessment- Mr. Eric (student’s spouse) Performing a thorough health assessment lays the foundation for any health provider to be able to provide effective and efficient care to patients. When performing a health assessment this allows the health provider an insight as to how to diagnose a patient, plan how to take care of patient, implementing interventions and evaluation the outcome of the nursing process in providing patient care. When a nurse performs a holistic assessment, it is simply

Truth lies within the trite phrase that ignorance is bliss. When one is unaware of a bad circumstance, she cannot fixate on the event and let it get in her way. Yet, this human longing for bliss and perfection has caused society to increase its unconsciousness in a way that is so artificial that the shortcomings of modern society were able to be accurately predicted by an intelligent man, Aldous Huxley, in 1932. While the society he described strived for bliss, it descended into ignorance, and

More than 15 million Americans suffer from major depression, that’s approximately 6.7 percent of the American population (ADAA). There is one treatment that is offered to people who suffer from major depression... antidepressants. Although some believe that antidepressants cure their major depression, there are others that disagree and claim that antidepressants actually worsens people’s depression and can lead to suicide. “Antidepressants Can Result to Suicide” written by Angela Bischoff in Opposing

Placebo is a widespread clinical phenomenon that is considered as sham medication. This can also be an effective medication to certain health problems or psychological matters such as depression, chronic diseases, and sometimes, life threatening diseases. On 75 clinical trials conducted between 1981 and 2000, a Columbia University psychiatrist named B. Timothy Walsh found out that on an average of antidepressants given, 30% of people who was given placebos improved. This shows that the response rate

Biomedical therapies consist the use of medicine and other medical treatments such as electroconvulsive therapy to treat psychological disorders which we say in this weeks video. Antidepressants such as Paxil, Prozac and Zoloft, are some of the medications used in biomedical therapy. However, the most known out there being Prozac. Prozac has become the most effective antidepressant, as it has much milder side effects (Hockenbury and Hockenbury 2013). Secondly, antidepressants have become cost

Importantly, adolescents need to know there are healthy ways to manage their mental health. As mentioned earlier, consumption of alcohol and substances are ineffective, just as hoping depressive symptoms will go away on its own can lead to worsening symptoms. A strategy to ruminate is exercising. Exercising releases ‘feel-good’ brain chemicals proven to relieve depression (neurotransmitters, endorphins and endocannabinoids) and also decreases immune system chemicals which degenerate depressive disorders

Generalized Anxiety Disorder People suffering from generalized anxiety disorder suffer from a number of symptoms, (Comer, 2014) explains they may feel “restless, keyed up, or on edge; tire easily; have difficulty concentrating; suffer from muscle tension; and have sleep problems” (p.98). These symptoms usually last for weeks, and have to be of such intensity, that it disrupts daily activities. An unsubstantiated fear of losing a job, can cripple a usually productive employee to the point that they