Antipsychotic

help determine possible symptoms, and as mentioned before in a study, the psychological evaluation test will provide the doctor with the essential information based questions asked about delusions, thoughts, suicide, and more (6). Furthermore, antipsychotic medications were the most commonly prescribed, where studies found that the dopamine and serotonin neurotransmitters in the brain were affected to help maintain schizophrenic symptoms; however, first-generation medication such as…

Antisocial personality disorder is usually described as a personality disorder in which a person’s cognition and personality is impaired. This symptom causes an individual to suffer from both self and interpersonal functioning. According to the DSM-V, an individual with antisocial personality disorder must exhibit antagonism and disinhibiting. They also have impaired personal and interpersonal functioning. This disorder is closely connected to criminal behavior. An individual with antisocial…

the disorder, decisive measures to combat the disease revolve around helping patients with the disorder get the most out of their lives through increasing their tolerance to the symptoms that define the disorder (Beck et al, 2011). The use of antipsychotic medication has helped patients cope with the condition. Additionally, social rehabilitation helps patients interact with others and have a social life. Conclusion Schizophrenia affects everybody in the society either as a victim or a friend…

I chose the book Crazy: A Father’s Search through America’s Mental Health Madness by Pete Earley. Earley had been an award-winning journalist for thirty years and written about America’s criminal justice system but always from the “outside looking in” (p. 1). That all changed, however, when his son Mike was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. The central theme of Crazy is chronicling Earley’s year-long investigation into the de-institutionalization and ensuing criminalization of the mentally ill…

Borderline personality disorder is characterized by stereotypical repetitive and maladaptive interpersonal interactions. Considerable controversy exists regarding preferred treatment and prognosis (Gregory, 2004). The moods of borderline patients are erratic, their personal relationships are turbulent, and their self-image is unstable. When serotonin is decreased, certain areas of the brain involved in emotion regulation, impulsivity and aggression causes the brain not to function properly.…

alleviate personality and adjustment problems. For example, lithium can be used as a treatment for resolving and alleviating personality and adjustment disorders related aggressive and assaultive behavior. Other pharmacological treatments include antipsychotics, anticonvulsants, and the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI). Essentially, these treatments can help eliminate emotional problems like irritability and impulsivity (Smith et al., 2014; Sherman et al.,…

Influx of mentally unstable, homeless people into the streets of Manhattan in the 80’s, led to the inception of New York city’s Project Help. The main aim of Project Help was to assist needy, homeless people, which was met with resistance. The ideology behind this project is not something new, as it saw a beginning with Hippocrates, Plato, and Galen who held the belief that mental disorders had natural causes. Such naturalistic approach was abandoned in the middle ages, substituting it for…

Abstract Schizophrenia is the psychological disorder that comes to mind when the words “crazy” and “insane” are mentioned. “Schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder involving distortions in thoughts, perceptions, and/or emotions” (Zimbardo 537). Schizophrenia occurs all over the world, possibly effecting every different ethnic group. According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the first symptoms of schizophrenia usually start to show in the late stages of adolescents. Close to…

issue so they would not seek treatment. Pat only enters treatment by demand of the law after he initiates a large fight at a sporting event. While in treatment he is prescribed a combination of mood stabilizers (lithium, abilify, tegretol) and antipsychotics (seroquel). These medications cause him to feel foggy and bloated so he discontinues use. They also employ group therapy sessions where they are encouraged to share their journey. Pat is in this inpatient facility for eight months, but his…

Dementia is a term used to explain the decline or breakdown in multiple areas of human brain functions including but not limited to thinking, perception, communication, memory, languages, reasoning, and the ability to operate as a human being. Dementia can affect people of any and all ages anywhere in the world. An important fact about dementia is that it is an organic brain syndrome and not a disease, the origin of the word dementia is from a Latin word “demeans” meaning insane or being out of…