Antipsychotic

Schizophrenia is a disorder in which individuals are disconnected from reality, and psychosis may be manifested in either positive or negative symptoms (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Positive symptoms include hallucinations (e.g. auditory and visual), delusions and disorganized speech and thought; meanwhile, negative symptoms include reduced affect, and catatonia (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). During the internship at Lenox Hill Hospital’s psychiatric unit, I was able to…

Other evidence in support of the dopamine hypothesis relating to the substantia nigra include structural changes in the pars compacta. Some of the other changes in the substantia nigra include increased expression of NMDA receptors, and reduced dysbindin expression. Increased NMDA receptors may point to the involvement of glutamate-dopamine interactions in schizophrenia. Due to the changes to the substantia nigra in the schizophrenic brain, it may eventually be possible to use specific imaging…

to treating the five types of schizophrenia, the causes cannot always be identified. For this reason treatments are aimed at eliminating the patient’s symptoms. Treatments for this disorder include antipsychotic medications and various psychosocial treatments ("NIMH ·Schizophrenia." 1). Antipsychotic medications like Chlorpromazine (Thorazine), Haloperidol (Haldol), Perphenazine (Etrafon, Trilafon), Fluphenazine (Prolixin) are used to treat psychotic symptoms, hallucinations, and breaks with…

release. A body of work by various professionals, for instance, Rahman, Childers and Therrien (1961), Friedel (1986), suggests that a great many patients, whose schizophrenia cannot be treated with medication, are better when they are treated with antipsychotic…

elderly allows the drug to a greater volume of distribution throughout the body. An increased peak and steady state of plasma levels is also evidenced due to decreased metabolism. A decreased renal clearance also leads to a longer half-life of antipsychotics among the elderly (Zubenko, George S., Sunderland,…

Schizophrenia is a mental illness that affects at least 27 million people in the world, and affects even more people in underdeveloped countries. As a psychotic disorder, its symptoms include a loss of reality, hallucinations, delusions, and thought disruptions. This disease has no cure, and persons can be diagnosed with schizophrenia as early as 16 years old. There are many traditional treatments for schizophrenia that help relieve the patients’ symptoms, such as the use of psychoactive drugs.…

and movement disorders. They will also develop sign like ‘ lose touch ‘ with reality. It is commonly known as an incurable disease as the causes are unknown. Therefore, treatments are focus on eliminating the symptoms of the disease. It includes antipsychotic medications and various psychosocial treatments. The movie I watched is ‘A beautiful mind’ that filmed by Ron Howardloosely and led by Russsel…

through the use of antipsychotic drugs. Most show very worthwhile improvement while taking this medication, but some aren’t helped or don’t need them (Berk, 2006). Sometimes a family member might make the horrible assumption that the medication is no longer needed because they saw so much improvement in their loved one when in reality they still do (Coconcea, 2004). Antipsychotic medications are…

disorder with both drugs and psychotherapy. For Sam, the most effective drugs he could be put on would be antipsychotic medications. Neuroleptic drugs are usually the drug of choice, and I would recommend Sam to take them. They help by blocking activity of dopamine and as a result, it helps with the psychotic symptoms, like delusions and hallucinations. Second-generation neuroleptic antipsychotic drugs appear to be effective than the conventional ones. They do a better job at reducing negative…

Robin Weinrich, mother of a child with bipolar disorder, gives her daughter antipsychotics to “deal with violent outbursts associated with bipolar disorder” to the severity in which she could end up in the hospital or “she could be in jail for killing someone ("Children and Antipsychotic Drugs”).” The child's safety is compromised when they can’t control their “violent outbursts” leaving no better option than antipsychotics which will balance their behavior. Many people believe there is more to…