Menstrual psychosis

Electroconvulsive therapy has been viewed as harmful by patients and members of the health care profession (Lauber, Nordt, Rossler, 2005). One reason why electroconvulsive therapy is used, it has been demonstrated to be an effective and safe treatment for many mood disorders (American Psychiatric Association, 2001). The therapeutic benefit of electroconvulsive therapy is a clinical trial that is effective to treat major depression (Arshad, Arham, Arif, et al., 2007). This research project…

Schizophrenia is a severe, chronic mental disorder in which people interpret reality abnormally - 1. It is characterised by positive (Type 1) symptoms e.g. hallucinations, and negative (Type 2) symptoms e.g. alogia – poverty of speech -2. With its onset in late adolescence or early adulthood, where for men it usually occurs during the ages of 18 to 25, and for women, 25 to 35, and the lack of fully effective treatments, it contributes massively to the global burden of disease -3. Schizophrenia…

Early reports on epilepsy go back to ancient Assyrian and Babylonian texts. It has a fascinating history that scans a period of almost 4000 years. At that time the Babylonians had no concept of pathology, thus epilepsy and the seizures that are often times associated with it were treated as spiritual and not medical. It wasn't until the 18th and 19th century, when medicine made important advances, that religious superstition emancipated the fact that epilepsy was a medical condition. The word…

“I was a bit frightened but I did not mention it to anybody because I thought they would call me deaf, silly, stupid, whatever!” said an 80 year-old woman who got macular disease problem and Charles Bonnet Syndrome (CBS) in an interview (Macular Disease, 2013) Charles Bonnet Syndrome is a condition when people see things that are not actually there. This syndrome has been discovered by an exceptional naturalist and philosopher, Charles Bonnet in 1720 who was initially observed symptoms from his…

Parkinson’s “non-motor “symptoms Dementia & Alzheimer’s, Cognitive impairment – In most cases, Alzheimer’s & dementia in Parkinson’s occurs late in the disease, as the pathology starts to spread outside of the motor areas and into cognitive areas. Depression and anxiety – Depression can be an early sign of the disease. Living with Parkinson’s can certainly cause stress and sadness, depression may also be caused by changes in areas of the brain that affect mood. Anxiety often occurs with…

This article was written to help the reader understand Schizophrenia. It describes the symptoms such as hallucinations, delusion and unusual behavior. It describes how dramatically this illness can control ones social, educational, and vocational functions. It states that there are a few treatment options such as anti-psychotic medications and counseling but the illness would never completely leave the host. The author says that there is a higher concentration of Schizophrenics in jail than…

The World Health Organization (WHO) considers schizophrenia to be one of the world’s ten leading causes of disability (2016). This severe mental illness has an array of symptoms and affects a person’s thought, emotions, perception, and behavior. Individuals suffering from schizophrenia have the inability to separate reality from fantasies, which can play into the difficultly as to why the illness can be so hard to treat. Since there is no one cause for schizophrenia, professionals are forced to…

Have you ever thought about schizophrenia, what it is, or the effects it has? Maybe you know someone with the illness and want to know what their life is like because of it. I am writing because I have done the research to be able to tell you all about schizophrenia. You will learn the effects this illness has, not only on the patient, but family members of the patient as well. I’m going to share with you some difficulties patients with schizophrenia have, such as violence, difficulties in…

Partial seizure is described as focal seizure. It take place in just one part of the brain that serves as an irritant pouring the epileptic response. In partial seizure, patient experience a range of bizarre or strange sensations including abrupt jerky movements of one body parts, alterations in hearing or seeing, discomfort in stomach or a sudden sense of fear. Consciousness is not impaired in this seizure (Shorvon et al., 2004). Partial seizures are further classified into simple partial…

Based on the information that is available, Herbert Mullin seems to have a severe Type 1 Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is defined as “a psychotic disorder in which personal, social, and occupational functioning deteriorate as a result of unusual perceptions, odd thoughts, disturbed emotions, and motor abnormalities” (BOOK). I believe that Mullin has Type 1 Schizophrenia because while he displays both positive and negative symptoms, the positive symptoms are more dominate. Positive symptoms are…