Antipsychotic

say while successful mental health treatment often involves a multi-pronged approach, medications can serve as a useful part of the protocol. Below are three types of medications used in mental health treatment: Antipsychotic Medications: Antipsychotic and atypical antipsychotic medications are used to treat schizophrenia, and they are sometimes helpful in addressing bipolar disorder. These drugs calm agitation and can stem the hallucinations and delusions that come…

Schizophrenia: Schizophrenia is an illness which affects the normal functioning on the brain. This essay is aiming to outline the treatment of this mental illness and how it has changed over time. Roughly 51 million people worldwide are burdened with this condition. It interferes with a person’s ability to think, feel and act in many ways such as struggling to think realistically. This means people with the psychotic illness will experience disordered thinking. The thoughts one has everyday…

Most clinicians widely consider the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition (5th ed.; DSM–5; American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2013) to be the gold (best) standard for diagnosing potential individuals with mental disorders. John Nash was diagnosed with schizophrenia under DSM-1. It is realistic to consider that John would have still be diagnosed with schizophrenia under DSM-5. According to DSM-5, schizophrenia is officially diagnosed if the individual shows a 2…

The Diagnosis and Treatment of Schizophrenia There are different types of mental disorders ranging from mild to severe. The more severe these disorders tend to be the more difficult they can be to diagnose and treat. One of the more severe psychological disorders is Schizophrenia, which is classified under the category of psychotic disorders. A psychotic disorder is one that involves “unusual thinking, distorted perceptions and odd behaviors” (Beidel, Bulik, Stanley, 2014, p. 356). This…

associated with those who have schizophrenia is Antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are designed to “block neurotransmitter receptors”( Light, Hull, Ballantyne 609), basically normalizing biochemical imbalances. There are two types of antipsychotics, traditional and atypical. Traditional effectively control hallucinations and delusions of schizophrenia. Although both types are effective in treating the same symptoms, atypical antipsychotics seem to be more effective in that they are able…

manager to coordinate care. Some of the medication for schizophrenia may cause serious but rare side effects which may make people with schizophrenia hesitant to take the medication. The most commonly prescribed drugs for treating schizophrenia is antipsychotic medications. For people who are willing to cooperate with treatment may affect the choice of medication. For patients who are resistant to taking medications may need to take injection and for patients who get agitated, they should be…

According to articles in the Toronto Star, thousands of Ontario seniors are receiving powerful antipsychotic drugs such as olanzapine and quetiapine to treat dementia. As we are currently learning these drugs are claiming the lives of our seniors’ at an alarming rate. Ethel Geraldine Anderson was unfortunately one of those victims who died four month later after receiving an increased dose of Zyprexa. Are health care providers including doctors not abiding by the code of ethical conduct and…

design used was a combination of case and longitudinal study. The case study was used because it is rare to find identical quadruplets that develop schizophrenia in their twenties. A longitudinal study was used to track how old age and long-term antipsychotic medicine treatment would affect schizophrenia. Age the tests were taken was the…

between chronic 1-AR activation and reduced anxiety. Schizophrenia is associated with symptoms of psychosis, hallucinations, delusions, and various other symptoms. This disease has been correlated with dysfunction in the prefrontal cortex (PFC). Antipsychotic drugs, which are treatments for schizophrenia, are 1-AR antagonists. In Arsten’s study of cognitive deficits in schizophrenia, activation of secondary messenger, PKC, eventually led to PFC impairment. Conversely, the inhibition of the…

Schizophrenia is a life-threatening disease that affects one's thinking, perception, personality, and behavior. Schizophrenia develops from neurotransmitters such as serotonin and dopamine, which affect the brain. This disorder is diagnosed by CT scans and MRI’s that may show the brain and why patient’s symptoms are caused. Some patients with schizophrenia develop symptoms like sleep apnea, hallucinations, delusions, problems with emotions, making decisions, and more. Symptoms are divided into…