Mood stabilizer

Carbamazepine (Tegretol) and Phenobarbital (Luminal) belongs to a group of medication called anticonvulsants. Tegretol is prescribed to control epilepsy, prevents facial pan from trigeminal, and act as a mood stabilizer to control mania in patients that have episodes of over activity. The medication decreases the synaptic transmission in the central nervous system affecting the sodium channels in neurons (Deglin, Vallerand, & Sanoski, 2014, p. 265). Similarly, Luminal is prescribed to patients…

Cheryl felt better after receiving medication and psychosocial therapy; however, others such as Bruce voiced his rejection of medications noting that his bad days begin after he receives it and has good days when he is not being medicated with mood stabilizers. He goes to court to prove his point and wins the case. I was happy to observe that six months later he was doing better on psychotherapy and had gone back to work. These 2 cases made me think deeply about the six rights of the patients…

These can be used to control behavior problems, and the progression of disease. These include mood stabilizers, which control mental disorders such as depression, and manic disorder. Antipsychotics which are used by bipolar patients, and CNS stimulants. Other way to treat dementia can be psychotherapy, and group therapies. (MAYO CLINIC STAFT, 1998-2015)…

January Schofield, age 14, started talking to her imaginary friends at the age of 2, accompanied by frequent staring into the far distance for an extended period of time. She had over 200 imaginary friends whom were all, unaccountably, named after units of measurements, numbers or other items that belong in learned linear sequences. Despite the vast number of imaginary friends she had, she never mixed any of them up, including the clothes that they were wearing and their individual…

Therefore, I ended up having a complete nervous breakdown, would not leave my home for over six months, and was diagnosed with severe major depression, PTSD, and pain attacks. Right now, due to the mental issues I have, I do take benzodiazepines, and mood stabilizers to help me even leave my home. I am mortified by guns, I stay in a Constance state of…

Mental health disorders range in a broad spectrum, they can completely institutionalize an individual or alter minor personality characteristics that the public would not notice. Mental health disorders can alter a person’s mood, thoughts, or behavior which can lead the individual besieged when it involves daily life activities. Individuals who suffer from a mental health disorder often experience difficulties in their ability to be employed, difficulty intermingling with family and friends, and…

Some humanists would say she would have been perfectly fine living out the rest of her life on a medically induced cocktail of anti-depressants and mood stabilizers. But is that really living? Maybe a psychiatric hospital would have been successful in observing her every move, to be sure she didn’t succeed in killing herself, or maybe she would slip through the cracks and eventually end her life time of…

Psychology Paper 2 Toddler Emotions Toddler’s emotions are the external reactions of the feelings the child is experiencing within this can expressed with many different emotions. Such as a smile showing happiness after eating in as young as first born. Scientific studies show emotions have been proven to be genetic in specific types of genes. “Researchers have found that the 7-repeat allele of the DRD4 VNTR gene, when combine with the 5-HTTLPR genotype, results in 6-months-olds who are…

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…

disorder, the psychotic symptoms tend to reflect the person 's extreme depressed or elated mood. People with either disorder may have delusions that they believe they are a famous person or historical figure. When psychotic symptoms are present, bipolar disorder is sometimes misdiagnosed as schizophrenia. Borderline Personality Disorder involves an unescapable pattern of poor impulse control and instability in mood, interpersonal relationships, and self-image. Throughout this movies, Pat…