Fluoxetine

However, in the referenced interview his sister confuses the role of a psychologist (who can not prescribe any kind of medication) and a psychiatrist. She also indicating that he was on the SSRI class antidepressant fluoxetine. Fluoxetine is known to cause a marked (50%) increase in suicidal behavior in persons under the age of 25, which may be a factor in this case. There is not evidence to show a specific increase in violent behavior towards others, although. Discontinuation…

Family/Living Situation – Derrick D. Griffin is a 33 year old African American male. He is unmarried and does not have children. At the time of his arrest, Mr. Griffin was largely homeless and receiving services from Outreach for the Homeless. Mr. Griffin was raised in a chaotic, often violent and dismissive environment. His father, who Mr. Griffin says used crack cocaine and alcohol to excess, spent much of Mr. Griffin’s childhood in and out of prison. His mother, who eventually would also…

Youth has been prescribed Clonazepam (5mg) once a day for anxiety. Youth reports that he does not remember being diagnosed with bipolar disorder but was prescribed Fluoxetine (20 mg) once a day for bipolar disorder. Youth reported he stopped taking the fluoxetine because it was making him sick and making his stomach hurt. John will follow up with this therapist to address the issue. Youth also reported taking a third medication but could not remember the name…

The use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors(SSARIs) in the psychopharmacological approach to managing depressive and other related conditions, presents a huge moral problem for the corporate model of medicine and pharmaceutical usage .The Pharma industry are morally obliged to provide correct and updated information on the efficacy of these drugs I'm pumping on this child, there is a huge disconnect on information pertaining efficacy and side effect and the real importance of these…

testing. She is having absolutely no symptoms at this time, including any pain in the vaginal area or the pelvic area, no vaginal discharge. No urinary symptoms. She was tested for Chlamydia and gonorrhea at her physical in April. Medications Fluoxetine 30 mg daily, birth control pill, Concerta 20 mg daily. Social History She does use tobacco. She is smoking five cigarettes a day, down from a pack and a half over the summer. Alcohol, she drinks beer on the weekends. She denies any…

To monitor for efficacy in this case, I would expect the patient to take 20 mg of fluoxetine daily for 2-4 weeks and return for a follow-up visit, where she indicate if her symptoms have either resolved or improved. To monitor for toxicity, I would want to look for symptoms of serotonin syndrome. Serotonin syndrome occurs due to serotonergic drug use and excitability of peripheral and central postsynaptic 5HT-1A and 5Ht-2A receptors (Volpi-Abadie, Kaye, & Kaye, 2013). Serotonin syndrome…

An eating disorder is an illness that causes serious disturbances to your everyday diet, such as eating extremely small amounts of food or severely overeating. A person with an eating disorder may have started out just eating smaller or larger amounts of food, but at some point, the urge to eat less or more spiraled out of control. Severe distress or concern about body weight or shape may also signal an eating disorder. Common eating disorders include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and…

What is winter depression? A definition essay. As the seasons begin to change, we go from long hot days to leaves falling and cool breezes. Soon enough, the temperatures begin to drop, and the daylight turns to darkness. Daylight savings time makes its way in; falling back in time one hour. Excitement boils over for that extra hour of sleep. Sadly, some are faced with a serious condition. Winter depression affects many people, but what is it, what causes it, and how is it treated? Seasonal…

Treatment Treating patients with excoriation starts with a series of evaluations (Arnold et al., 2001). The evaluations are of two types: physical and psychological (Grant et al., 2016). First, the clinician will have the patient evaluated for any underlying skin-related medical problems like lesions, scabies, etc. Then the patient is evaluated and treated for psychological conditions. When knowing about certain comorbid disorders, clinicians can better treat their patients. Some regimens may…

The patient is a 59 year-old male with a 12/31/09 date of injury. A specific injury occurred while performing executive chef duties. Diagnosis was depression. 12/24/15 DWC Form RFA for Sertraline 100 mg, Mirtazapine 15 mg and Adderall 5 mg. 12/17/15 Notice of denial for medications: dextroamphetamine-amphetamine 5 mg # 30, Sertraline HCL 100 mg # 60 and Mirtazapine 15 mg # 30. 12/04/15 request for additional information for medications: dextroamphetamine-amphetamine 5 mg # 30, Sertraline…