My opinion on electroshock therapy if it's going to help the patient with their depression why not. As long as it doesn't cause the patient to be worse and are safe for the patient. It has been proven to be the safest and most effective treatment for depression. I don't think anyone should live with be depress all their…
ECT is not going to be an easy decision and it will scar the patients and their families for life, but sometimes the only way out is tough and there's going to be sacrifices to be made. ECT sounds harsh, but it depends on the amount of pain the patients are willing to go through and the sacrifices that they have to make. ECT it is a tool that can give them a chance to live life to their fullest potential and it is an ethical procedure.…
There is a member of the women’s soccer team that has an undiagnosed exercised induced disease. She has been to a vast amount of doctors and the only thing they have been able to do is to rule out seizures. Although, seizures may have been rules out she still presents with very seizure-like symptoms when it happens. She starts by losing cognitive function and no one is able to get her to respond to his or her attempts at getting her attention. She also has a tendency during this stage to start hitting her legs, in the belief that this somehow will help or just a twitch that comes with the episode.…
Brother G receives Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) every six weeks and takes strong medications which cause nausea and tiredness, hindering his occupational performance. However, the ECT does decrease the frequency of negative outbursts, which in turn increases his occupational performance. The therapy allows him to engage in activities with other residents and for a longer duration without becoming upset or…
Mark Yassa is a Pre-Medical student at Augusta University, GA. He majors in Medicinal Chemistry in his senior year. His research interests include Clinical Psychiatry and treatment resistant psychiatric disorders. He is a Research Assistant for Dr. Nagy Youssef at the Department of Psychiatry at the Medical College of Georgia. He assists in several studies and in the recently submitted paper entitled “Low Amplitude Seizure Therapy:…
ECT is considerably changed today and is safe and effective for treatment of extreme depression that does not respond to medication (Durand & Barlow, 2016). TMS uses a localized electromagnetic pulse and some observations and reviews have confirmed that TMS is effective (Durand & Barlow, 2016). The future of nondrug approaches for treatment of depression includes vagus nerve stimulation through a pacemaker-like device and deep brain stimulation that places electrodes in the limbic system that connects to a pacemaker-like device (Durand & Barlow,…
Postpartum depression affects anywhere from 10 to 15 percent of women. Some of the symptom include mood swings, crying spells, sleeping problems and irritability. Postpartum depression can be crippling. It can also make it difficult for you to care for your child.…
Epilepsy is the second most common neurological condition, with 2.3 million Americans diagnosed, and over 40 million worldwide. Children under the age of 10, and elderly over the age of 70 compose the majority of epileptic patients.(Letcher,…
Persons with cognitive problem affects the processed of reasoning and handle the comprehension, information, ideas, memorization, thoughts. This is cognitive problem is related to operation in the brain that helps with the reasoning, planing, calculating and judging this is very frustrated for them and this affects a million of people without even being unaware that they have this problem or finding a solution for this. A great natural solution it will be to introduce ways to stimulate the brain with Monaural, Binaural, Auditory beat stimulation and with meditation to increase and manipulate the temporal lobe in the left side of the brain. According to this research high-frequency beats might facilitate attentional control, which would fit…
EMDR Therapy is one of many forms of therapy used to treat symptoms suffered by trauma patients. It has provided conclusive evidence of its effectiveness in lessening trauma patient’s mental ability to regain a healthy mental state after their experience(s). “EMDR Therapy incorporates elements of cognitive-behavioral therapy with eye movements or other forms of rhythmic, left-right stimulation. These back-and-forth eye movements are thought to work by “unfreezing” traumatic memories, allowing you to resolve them”. (Robinson, Lawrence, Melinda Smith, and Jeanne Segal. "…
Kirsten Jones Ms. Scannell English III March 3, 2017 Controversy in Epileptic Medication Around five percent of epileptics are sensitive to lights that flicker. For example, strobe lights or a change in light can be a trigger for seizures. Although the medications given for epilepsy are to help minimize the seizures, there are other treatment options. Those other treatments may include a ketogenic diet, surgery in the brain, and even medical marijuana. Epileptic seizures can happen anytime, any place, and because of anything that triggers the brain sensors.…
Government Agencies Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) CDC, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, promotes health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability. The CDC Epilepsy Program conducts epilepsy program activities in improving care, improving communication and combating stigma, self-management, surveillance and prevention research, increasing public awareness and knowledge, and strengthening partnerships. http://www.cdc.gov/epilepsy/index.html National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) NINDS is an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and a component of the National Institutes of Health. It is the leading…
Electroconvulsive Therapy among depressed patients: argumentative essay Introduction and Background Electroconvulsive therapy is controversial issue and had ethical issue since its discovery about its practice over the world and that vary from country to another, whereas it has unknown mechanism of action and adverse effect, so there is ethical dilemma to practice in the world whereas, that used to treat depression prior discovery of pharmacotherapy , on the other hand had legal and ethical basis that should approved to apply. Health care providers should respect patient’s rights and autonomy and other ethical principles; Also use legalized procedure and informed consent. ECT is non-pharmacological…
The story takes off as John Nash, a Ph.D. Student at Princeton University, arrives as the co-recipient of the Carnegie Scholarship bent on finding a fresh equation that would stupefy the masses and fulfill his purpose of accomplishment. It is on his first arrival when his first Hallucinations begins to make himself apparent. Charles Herman, who in Johns' head is his roommate constantly reminds him of his basic needs for food, beer, society, and fun ultimately giving him companionship when he is lonely or incapable of coping with his body’s needs. The semester moves on, but Nash’s progress does not and after a great deal of time spent observing people, birds, and examining the work of others he found himself continually drowned in his own ideas…
The Facts on Bipolar Disorder Bipolar Disorder, also recognized as manic-depressive illness, is a mood disorder characterized by symptoms of mania, hypomania and major depression. This illness results in unusual and unpredictable changes in mood, behavior and even energy level. There are a few different ways to categorize bipolar disorder.…