Fluoxetine

Teenagers Suicidal Thoughts: Alternative Treatment to Antidepressant Suicidal thoughts occur daily all around the world, but usually people are unaware of others emotional and mental state. Statistics show that 42.773 Americans die by suicide. Due for its rareness, suicidal thoughts in teenagers are one of the most difficult events to study, although it is the third leading cause of death in countries such as the as the United States, China, Sweden, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand(“Suicide…

What is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder? “According to the American Psychiatric Association, Post-traumatic stress disorder is known to be an anxiety disorder that resulted from a particular tragic or terrifying incident stimulating major stress. Individual with PTSD normally have constant frightening thoughts & memories of their past encounters, this makes them emotionally numb to their close relatives or friends. PTSD knows no age limit or barrier, it can happen at any age. This disorder…

Anxiety disorders are considered a group of related but very distinct mental conditions with specific diagnostic classifications and criteria as established by the American Psychiatric Association in DSM-5. Anxiety disorders are constellation of disorders with persistent features of excessive fear, anxiety, and associated behavioral disorders (Uphold & Graham, 2013). One of the twelve common anxiety disorders is Panic disorder. Panic disorder is a syndrome described by recurrent, acute, and…

these “dark periods” have gone on as long as he has known her but that she had experienced at least a half dozen of these episodes in the prior year. Cynthia’s husband reported that her mood typically stabilizes within a few weeks of restarting her fluoxetine. He added that he wondered whether alcohol and clonazepam worsened her symptoms, because she routinely ramped up their use when the dark periods begin. Cynthia’s husband stated that he decided to bring her to the ER because he discovered a…

Throughout the world, people know or have a relative or have a friend that has a type of depression they go through. Depression has several different types. There are different types of depression, which has many symptoms requiring various medications affecting people individually. There known problems sleeping, eating, having low-esteem (poor feeling of oneself), trouble of concentrating, and feeling hopeless. (“Mental Depression”). The major depressive significant changes would be weight…

This critique is based on a passage written by Susan Bordo titled “The Globalization of Eating Disorders”. Susan, well-known feminist scholar and Pulitzer Prize nominee in this article describes the effects of imagery in media circles on the eating habits (eating disorders) of various individuals across numerous national, cultural, racial and social backgrounds. In her work, she talks about how individuals who otherwise would have had no issues with their appearance in terms of body weight are…

changed our behavior. As I started to connect the dots, I realized that everyone around me is influenced by these chemicals which give rise to certain personality traits and behaviors that may not be so binary as previously thought. The fact that Fluoxetine, an antidepressant created in 1987, has now been used to treat seemingly numerous behavioral disorders such as Major Depressive Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and Bulimia means that our understanding of neurotransmitters such as…

Psychogenic Amnesia Definition: Psychogenic amnesia (dissociative amnesia) is a condition in which a person subconsciously blocks out certain information (usually associated with a stressful or traumatic event) leaving them unable to remember important personal details. Unlike regular amnesia, in psychogenic amnesia the memories still exist but are deeply buried within the person's mind and cannot be recalled. These memories may resurface over time or if triggered by something in the person’s…

for autism and putting research into the medicines they are prescribing. Medicines that are used to treat behavioral problems with Autism are selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and antipsychotic medicines. (SSRIs) include citalopram, fluoxetine, and…

Post-partum depression is more widely found in adolescent females who had just given birth, it is caused mostly from stress, poor marital relationships, and hardship of coping with a new baby, working as well as being a new mother, social support and women who have had a history of depression. Depression is considered second to H.I.V/AIDS according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In the U.S.A post-partum depression is one of the leading causes of non-obstetric hospitalization among young…