Tardive dyskinesia

care of the symptoms of psychosis alongside diminishing self-destructive contemplations, such as suicide among schizophrenics. Furthermore, it avoids side-effects such as shakiness and stiffness. It additionally does not produce effects like tardive dyskinesia (TD). It can make patients who utilize it drowsy, and it causes a heightened production of salivation. In this case, the psychiatrist must prescribe additional medication to suppress the salivation. Clozapine also diminishes the white…

sufficient in helping hallucinations and delusions from leaking into their daily life, but they cannot be expected to always prevent them from happening. Consequently, there are a few long term side effects of some antipsychotic medications such as Tardive Dyskinesia (TD), but newer medications lower the risk of TD (Berk, 2006). Many people with schizophrenia do not take treatment because of the possible side effects and/or other reasons such as social stigma. After medication and the psychotic…

3. Explain Habit Disorders and the corresponding treatment for these disorders. (8 points) The main characteristic of tic disorders is the presence of motor or vocal tics. Tics are defined as sudden, rapid, recurrent, nonrhythmic, sterotyped motor movements or vocalizations. They are not “nervous habits” as many people believe. Those with tic disorders are able to suppress tics for brief periods of time, but stress and fatigue exacerbate tics. There are three main categories of tic disorders…

practically all of the positive symptoms. However, they have little effect for the negative symptoms. About sixty percent of people do respond positively to this form of medication (Schizophrenia 27). Schizophrenia medications can cause symptoms. Tardive Dyskinesia is the worst side effect of antipsychotic medications. This causes twitching in the face, and twitching of other parts of the body. The most common side effects are having a dry mouth, constipation, having blurry vision, and being…

second generation antipsychotics medications (i.e. Risperidone, Zyprexa, Seroquel, Ability, etc.) over the typical first-generation antipsychotics (i.e., Haldol, Thorazine, etc.). FGAs have significant side effects such as extrapyramidal and tardive dyskinesia which are quite often irreversible. SGAs have a less potential for these type of side effects secondary to their unique balance of dopamine and serotonin balance, however, there is a significant risk for metabolic syndrome. This syndrome…

A. Genetics/Biology (chemistry and structure) Schizophrenia does not originate from one single gene; it takes many genetic changes and mutations to increase the chances of obtaining the disease. Those who have immediate relatives with schizophrenia or other psychiatric diseases have a greater risk of developing a mental disease. If they have a close relative with schizophrenia, then there is a 10% chance of obtaining the mental disease. If both parents carry the disease, then there’s a 40%…

cause a higher production of prolactin. This affects “sex drive, mood, menstrual cycles, and growth of breast tissue in both men and women” (WebMD 1). With the prolonged use of either drug, old or new, there is a very high chance of developing tardive dyskinesia. This a movement…

Psychotic Behavior and Effects on Children Review of literature indicates that Henry from the film The Good Son (1993) suffers from psychotic behaviors. Henry attempted to kill his cousin Mark, sister Connie, and his mother Susan. Carl Jung’s archetypes were apparent throughout the film. Henry was the Shadow the evil part that is usually locked away. Susan is the Great Mother the protector, the compassionate one, ands the one who does kind things. Wallace was the Spiritual Father he was the…

Dysarthria is a speech disorder caused by a stoke, cerebrum damage, tumors, or Parkinson's disease. Dysarthria damages movements in muscles used for speech production. These muscles incorporate the tongue, vocal folds, lips and diaphragm. Dysarthria is weakened in communication due to shortcoming, loss of motion and incoordination of speech. It influences your pitch, loudness, voice quality, prosody, respiration and articulation. There are numerous sorts of dysarthria's, which are…

What if everything that one believed to be true turns out to be false? What if something one thought that always is existed never actually existed? The movie A Beautiful Mind tries to answer those questions through a great mathematician’s experience with fantasy world and real world. Although the movie A Beautiful Mind focuses on the symptoms of schizophrenia and glosses over a schizophrenic mathematician’s life, it is an excellent movie because of the awards it received, the powerful deep…