Atypical antipsychotic

Mental illness are different types of conditions that affect mood, thinking, and behavior. Depression and manic depression are two out of many mental illnesses. Depression is a mood disorder that causes a feeling of sadness, affects how you think, and also cause loss of interest. Manic depression are mood changes that go from rare highs and lows. Depression is a very typical mental disorder. About 350 million people of all ages around the world suffer from it. Women are more likely to have it…

typically remember prior engagements after episode and feel embarrassed and regret their actions. Pharmacology therapy remains the primary medical treatment for the illness. Which includes lithium, valproate, carbamazepine, lamotrigine, and atypical antipsychotics (Adams, Berk, & Malhi, 2010, p.193). Emerging pharmacology treatments include nacetylcysteine, tamoxifen, and agenapine (Adams, Berk, & Malhi, 2010, p.193). In addition, implementing psychoeducation, family-focus therapy or another…

General public awareness circulates valuable information and dispels myths surrounding the misconceptions about those affected by said disorder. Specifically, in the Netflix TV series “Atypical”, it revolves around a main character, Sam, depicted with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), which is alluded to being Asperger’s syndrome (AS). In each episode the viewer witnesses Sam’s own individualistic normalcy as he navigates through the complexities…

According to National Alliance on Mental Illness (2016), 1 in every 5 adults experience a mental health condition. In order to explain the abnormalities and mental health conditions, psychologists use models, or paradigms (Comer, 2014, pg. 48). There are many paradigms and viewpoints to explain such behavior such as psychodynamic, sociocultural, biological, and humanistic. Specifically, the two models that are the most important to look at would the biological and humanistic perspectives.…

Diagnostic Criteria The current diagnostic and statistical manual of mental health disorder (DSM)V which was updated in 2013, placed diagnostic criteria for disorders such as Autistic disorders, Asperger syndrome, Pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified into an umbrella which is now called ASD ("Autism Speaks," 2016; "CDC," 2016). Under the current DSMV, diagnostic criteria for ASD has five criterions A through E and the child must meet the requirements of each criterion to…

Edward Scissorhands is a film which focuses on the story of a man named Edward, who is actually a creation designed by an inventor. This inventor passes away before finishing this creation, leaving Edward almost complete, yet lacking hands. Instead, his hands are composed of various scissors. After the passing of his inventor, Edward is left in isolation, until an Avon sales representative Peggy Boggs, stumbles upon him during her sale route. Seeing Edward has no one, Peggy brings him home to…

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…

Introduction and context Luke is a 19 year old man who was brought in to the Department of Emergency Medicine (DEM) in protective custody under an assessment order and an interment treatment order to an acute mental health facility with a diagnosis of drug induced psychosis and querying schizophrenia. Luke comes from a low socioeconomic background and is currently receiving youth allowance payments. Luke is a smoker with a history of illicit drug use and alcohol abuse. Luke has recently moved…

Tastes Like War: A Memoir (Cho, 2021) is the story of a daughter’s lived experience being raised by a mother who has schizophrenia. Throughout Grace’s life, her mother Koonja is continually impacted by the hardships that faced Korean women seeking freedom and beginning a new life in America. She tells the story of how the trauma experienced by Korean women such as being prostituted, losing, or being separated from family, and not engaging in aspects of their cultural identity, parallels to the…

Home visits are a typical part of research studies especially when it involves the developmental stages of children. Recently, when entering a participant’s home and preparing to perform the Bayley’s Scales of Infant Development, it is obvious the participant (a thirty month old child) was not interested in the visitors whom just entered her home. However, it is apparent that the child is intrigued by the toys being unpacked and quickly zero-in’s on small red blocks (just big enough to fit…