Antipsychotic

Cynthia Howard Andrea Yates Case Study CRJ 598: Crime and Forensic Mental Health Samuel Hawes, PhD Andrea Yates Case Study The Social History/Background of Andrea Yates Andrea Yates grew up in the Houston Texas. She came from a middle-class family. Her father was a retired teacher in auto shop, and died of Alzheimer’s before Andrea killed her children, and her mother was a stay at home mother. Of the five children her parents had, Andrea was the youngest. Andrea was predicated to have…

Patients Name: Amanda Diagnosis: Borderline Personality Disorder (Primary) DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria for Borderline Personality Disorder (Lyons&Martin,2013,p.204): 301.83 (F60.3) Borderline Personality Disorder A pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and marked by impulsivity beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the following: 1. Frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined…

research would be the dual diagnosis of diabetes and mental illness. Research for diabetes contributing to development of depression or other mental health diagnosis or diabetes contributing to the development of depression. What is known is certain antipsychotic medication lend themselves to the development of diabetes, the sedentary life of mental illness increases the risk for diabetes and the chronic nature of diabetes is draining…

This replies to the case of Mr. Gregory Thompson and his request for appeal in the year 2004. Due to the crime that Mr. Gregory we accept his appeal based on the following reasons. Mr. Thompson mental health history and the competency to stand trial. Gregory Thompson was convicted of first degree murder and received a sentenced to execution following a jury trial on 22 August, 1985. Thompson and had a women name Joanne McNamara, was deserted in Shelbyville, Tennessee with neither money nor…

i. The two companies that were selected are Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson. First of all, Pfizer, Inc. is a research-based, global biopharmaceutical company which it focuses in improving the health standards locally or globally by manufacturing vaccines and injectable biologic medicines. Basically Pfizer operates under a few business segments such as Global Pharmaceutical, Global Vaccines, Oncology and Consumer Healthcare and Global Established Pharmaceutical. Unlike Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson is…

Biological psychology aims to understand how our bodies are connected to our many behaviors and experiences. Today, biological psychology stands as the oldest perspective of the six modern perspectives. Through biological psychology we can divide the brain in sections the hindbrain, midbrain, and the forebrain. These sections all allow for us to mediate biological functions, helps us process visual and auditory information, and control our mental processes. The majority of the brain consists of…

extrapyramidal effect making it easier for him to adapt to his new environment. It is important to remember that if Holmes takes atypical drugs, he showed have his blood tested regularly because he is in risk of developing agranulocytosis. By receiving antipsychotic drugs to decrease his dopamine system activity and cognitive-behavioral therapy so he can change his reactions to delusions and hallucinations. He can also receive sheltered workshop treatment, a form of psychotherapy, while other…

In the movie The Voices the story follows a man named Jerry and his 2 pets, a dog named Bosco and a cat named Mr. Whiskers. Jerry suffers from delusions and hallucinations that manifest from his pets. Jerry is driving home with a co-worker and he hits a stag that comes crashing through his window. Jerry’s hallucinations show him the deer is crying out in pain and wants him to end his suffering. Jerry kills the deer and his co-worker becomes terrified and runs into the woods. While following her…

Soda is a type of caffeine that we consume daily in everyday life. However, Caffeine is a nervous system drug that used for psychoactive drugs. Caffeine belongs to heterocyclic compound names. “Purine”. The chemical formula is C8H10N4O2. It also classified as alkaloid, and it is soluble in water, appears as white crystals. Since soda is full of carbonated water and caffeine; it impacts several autoimmune diseases. Hence, soda water can decay bones in our body poses a high risk of Osteoporosis.…

Stressful experience may trigger the disease initial onset. "there is no cure for most patients, but the disease symptoms can treated by antipsychotic drugs.(schizophrenia 1)." Doctors, scientists are doing whatever it takes to help these victims. A possible solution or treatment is only based off clinical research and experience." These approaches are chosen on the basis of their ability to…