Atypical antipsychotic

Antipsychotics are a rather complex method of treatment in treating schizophrenia. They come with many pros but also many cons You have to consider the emotional and physical effect the antipsychotics may have on an individual’s life. You also have to consider the drug and what it is supposed to treat. In this case it ultimately aids in the treatment of schizophrenia, but not everyone sees it as so. Some drugs can render more of the cons than the pros. Ultimately, with schizophrenia and…

Psychotic Behavior and Effects on Children Review of literature indicates that Henry from the film The Good Son (1993) suffers from psychotic behaviors. Henry attempted to kill his cousin Mark, sister Connie, and his mother Susan. Carl Jung’s archetypes were apparent throughout the film. Henry was the Shadow the evil part that is usually locked away. Susan is the Great Mother the protector, the compassionate one, ands the one who does kind things. Wallace was the Spiritual Father he was the…

to alleviate his schizophrenic symptoms. Treatments included insulin coma therapy, electroshock therapy and antipsychotic medication. These treatment plans are not presented in the scholarly work assessed perhaps because they are extremely evasive, unethical, and unproductive, yet the film depicted these treatments as beneficial in alleviating schizophrenic symptoms. Although the antipsychotic medication may have improved positive symptoms like hallucinations and delusions, it is unlikely that…

Antipsychotic Medications and Treatment Antipsychotic medications have been developed over a period of years to helped clients suffering with psychosis such as schizophrenia (Perry, Alexander, Liskow & DeVane, 2007). There are two classes of medication which is described as first and second generation treatment (Perry et al,.2013). Psychosis is view as a disorder in which a client’s loses interaction with the reality of life and will need antipsychotics to treat those severe mental illnesses…

What is paranoid schizophrenia? Who does it affect? What are the warning signs? What is the difference between schizophrenia and paranoid schizophrenia? Many questions come to mind when one comes in contact with this disorder. Schizophrenia is a chronic mental disorder that affects how a person thinks, feels, and acts. Many people seem to “lose touch with reality.” A person with schizophrenia may have a hard time distinguishing what is reality, and what is fantasy. Others may find it…

Risperidone (RIS), an atypical neuroleptic drug, reported to have fewer adverse effects than traditional agents, is effective in psychoses, such as schizophrenia, and other psychiatric illnesses in adults and children, including pervasive developmental disorders (PDD), autism, and attention-deficit disorder (ADD) [1–3]. It acts primarily by selective antagonism of dopamine Type 2 (D2) and serotonin Type 2 (5HT2) receptors in the brain [4–6]. Apart from minor N-dealkylation, the major pathway of…

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…

Haloperidol and Quetiapine In modern medicine, there are two main groups of antipsychotic medicine such as, conventional antipsychotics (1st generation antipsychotics) and atypical antipsychotics (2nd generation antipsychotics). Haloperidol is a conventional antipsychotic which is used to treat schizophrenia and some other forms of psychosis. Haloperidol was developed in the late 1950s by company Janssen, and approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1967. (David A. Williams )…

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…

Marina Joyce is a British Youtuber who got a lot of attention online because peopled believed she was kidnapped. In many of her videos you can see that something is not right, she is either zoning out with a blank stare on her face, she is unable to explain herself in a manner that makes sense, and in one of her videos it seems like she afraid and asking for help. Many people believed she was kidnapped but as the days went on another Youtuber, who is a nurse at a mental health clinic, gave an…