Antidepressant

Always feeling under the weather? Are you always not in the mood to be around others and have a good time? If you're suffering from prolonged sadness for quite some time now, you should face these bouts of depression and get yourself diagnosed by a psychiatrist, they're doctors who can actually help you out with your problem. Not to mention the various depression treatments, as well as all sorts of depression medication that doctors prescribe to their depression patients. Fortunately…

ADHD vs. Bipolar Disorder Overview Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Bipolar Disorder both are psychiatric syndromes. Both of them share some potential symptoms for which misdiagnosis often occur. It is also true both of them can co-exist in certain patients. Similar symptoms In both ADHD and Bipolar disorder patients tend to be restless, impulsive, talkative, impatience and mood volatility. Moreover, ADHD and Bipolar patients have genetic links. Their family history often…

Biomedical treatment refers to the branch of treatment that assists individuals diagnosed with psychological disorders with the help of prescription medication. According to Lisa Hartling (2012) in her article titled Antipsychotics in Adults with Schizophrenia: Comparative Effectiveness of First-Generation Versus Second-Generation Medications, there are 20 commercial first generation antipsychotics (FGA) and second generation antipsychotics (SGA) that have been approved by the Food and Drug…

Bipolar disorder is something that many people suffer from every day. It causes people to have severe mood swings. A person may be happy one moment and all of a sudden they will feel upset or mad. People who have this will have it for the rest of their lives. Although people live with it for the rest of their lives, there are treatments that help keep the mood swings to a minimum. Bipolar depression is usually caused by three factors and the symptoms that follow may be severe. People with…

Bipolar disorder with mixed features: Mixed features refer to mood episodes that are accompanied by symptoms of opposite polarity. -major depression with mixed features- episode that meet the full criteria for a major depression combined with at least three symptoms of mania/hypomania, mainly elevated expansive mood, grandiosity, talkativeness, high energy and goal directed activities, decrease need for sleep and involvement in pleasurable activities. -manic/hypomania with mixed features-…

Benzodiazepines and barbiturates are both used in the treatment of anxiety. However, benzodiazepines are preferred over barbiturates for several reasons. Both drugs act on the GABA-A receptor, which is an ionotropic receptor with a chloride channel, by enhancing the effect of the GABA neurotransmitter. The latter usually binds to the receptor and opens the chloride channel, allowing for the entrance of chloride and causing the hyperpolarization of the cell and therefore its inhibition.…

This is a 57-year-old female with 8/01/06 date of injury, due to a slip and fall. Diagnosis: chronic pain syndrome primary OA-L ankle and foot, MDD, Single Episode and Generalized Anxiety disorder. 12/08/15 progress note by Mehtani documented that the claimant had been seeing Dr. Desai for a period of time. She has been on a complex medication regimen. The provider is trying to cut down the use of Klonopin and Ambien. The patient was told this was her last prescription. In the meantime, he…

Major depression is a mood disorder that causes to have negative feelings for an extensive time as it could take a few days or even weeks. Those negative feelings include sadness, anger, loss, hopelessness and discouragement. They can interfere individual’s daily activities due to the lack of ambition and energy. Depression can be caused through different symptoms such as family history, stressful events, personality, loneliness, illness and physical changes. This essay will be exploring on…

Introduction Client JN is a twenty-year-old Caucasian male who is has high functioning Asperger’s syndrome, an Autism spectrum disorder. JN has been admitted approximately 10 times for psychiatric care at different facilities around the Birmingham area in the past. JN came into the emergency department by ambulance after an altercation with the step mother. JN’s step mother has been in an intimate relationship and living with JN’s mother for about 10 years. The step mother and JN have never…

While reading and getting to learn more about Bipolar II disorder I had gained lots of knowledge about the disorder and what the deeper meaning of it is. Bipolar II is a disorder that has shown trace to genetic element and the stress comes as episodes. Many may hear about this disorder and think of mood swings and a big change in how a person is usually acting. It is serious because it could turn to raging moods changed and swings and could be devastating. First there is a Hypomanic Episode…