Catatonia

with him, and for this short period of time his spasms disappear. Leonard and Sayer reconcile their differences, but Leonard returns to his catatonic state soon after. The other patients' fears are similarly realized as each eventually returns to catatonia no matter how much their L-Dopa dosages are increased. Awakenings is the most emotionally moving film we have ever seen. It passed through deeply into one of the worst human fears, losing the ability to move and function, but it's…

The nature of the Salem Witch Trials was one of hysteria and fear. The Puritans of the Massachusetts New England colony were extraordinarily religious with a strain of Protestantism far more rigid than most, which was reflected in their reaction to supposed witchcraft. The pain of the 1692 Salem Witch Trials extended far beyond the nineteen executed and the five more who died in prison. Over a hundred more languished in jail for months on end, chained to the walls of dark, damp, and tiny jail…

Jack is 27 years old; he lost his job at a video store because he swore that he was being spied on by his boss. He believed that small video cameras were placed inside the tapes to catch him when he messed up. He also, was hearing mean voices telling him that he was going to mess up and has been saying weird things that do not make sense to customers. Jack is experiencing clear symptoms of schizophrenia and newness is greatly affecting his life. Been hospitalized five times and has yet to have a…

Catatonic Stubbornness Hamartia. From Greek meaning a fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine. In Sophocles’s Oedipus Rex and Antigone, Oedipus, Antigone, and especially Creon all display their flaw of being stubborn which ultimately leads to the tragedy in each play. When Teiresias challenges Oedipus by saying that he is the one plaguing the city, instead of listening to the other side of the argument, Oedipus tells him to be “Out of this place! Out of my sight!”…

My initial thoughts about Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum(TALA) before our visit was that “It is a museum or institutions that describes mental illnesses, and how to describe or diagnose people who had mental problems.” Prior to coming to pharmacy school, I was oblivious about mental maladies. I recalled back in Nigeria, there was a song called “kolomental”. But I was too young to fully comprehend what the song meant. I did not have any idea that there are people who suffer from mental illnesses…

A mental illness that takes weeks and sometimes years for the person to start feel normal again is depression. It can completely take over their life. A person who is struggling with this illness feels like everything around them is falling apart. That there is no way out of the darkness or the endless hopelessness that is surrounding someone every day. Most depressed people are teenagers, they are embarrassed to ask anyone for help. About five in ten teenagers have major episodes of depression…

Soon after, three more young female patients, each with similar symptoms to those of Susannah’s were referred to Dalmau; all had teratomas and all suffered behavioral and personality transformations that deteriorated into destructive neurological damage. Suspecting that the teratomas played a critical role in this unfolding medical discovery, doctors removed the teratomas and administered immune-suppressing medication, resulting in the rapid recovery of three out of the four women (Braverman 3).…

The fictional character that best exhibits the diagnosis for schizophrenia is Timmy Turner, a ten year old boy starring on Fairly Odd Parents. He is neglected by his parents and left to suffer under the supervision of his abusive babysitter. Soon Timmy gets to be under the care of fairy godparents named Cosmo and Wanda who grant his every wish which most of the time lead to bad consequences. My reasoning for diagnosing Timmy with schizophrenia comes from his idea of two fictional characters…

In addition, benzodiazepines can be used to treat agitation or anxiety that is caused by other psychiatric conditions such as acute mania, psychotic illness, depression, impulse control disorders, and catatonia or mutism” ("Benzodiazepine." Drugs and Controlled Substances: Information for Students). Even though benzodiazepines are most commonly used for their anti anxiety properties, I have chosen to focus on the properties that help reduce insomnia, because…

Schizoaffective disorder must either be specified as bipolar type (manic episode with major depressive episodes) and depressive type (only major depressive episodes) (Kuniyoshi & McClellan, 2014). Additionally, the disorder should be specified if catatonia is present. The severities of the primary symptoms (delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, and abnormal behavior) are rated by a quantitative assessment five-point scale ranging from zero (not present) to four…