Paroxetine

antidepressants indicated that patients with mild and moderate depression might be treated better with alternatives to antidepressants. Which, according to the researches, does not help much more than an inactive placebo. The two drugs analysed were paroxetine and imipramine. Paraxetine is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor while imipramine is a tricyclic antidepressant drug. While a placebo usually is described as inactive and…

The main character of “As Soon As It Gets”, Melvin Udall, suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD. OCD is an anxiety disorder, characterized by two distinctive features: persistent and unwanted thoughts, images, ideas etc. (obsessions) which the individual cannot control, and repetitive ritualistic behaviors (compulsions) which aim to reduce anxiety (Austrian 2012). In the movie, Udall cannot force himself to step on the cracks in the pavement, and fears germs, which urges him to use…

Depression. It’s an overused term. People toss it around as if it’s a football; yet they don’t know the true meaning of it. So what is depression? First off, depression has got nothing at all to do with life. That may confuse you, but let me explain. On your life journey, there is sadness, there is pain, and there is sorrow. All of these in which their right time and season are normal. Depression is an altogether different zone because it’s an empty hole. There’s nothing there. It’s a complete…

In 1959, research psychiatrist Donald F. Klein was studying imipramine, a new drug synthesized by a minor alteration in the chemical structure of the “major tranquilizer” chlorpromazine. Researchers hoped that imipramine, like chlorpromazine, would help people with schizophrenia, whose psychotic symptoms were at that time believed to result from excessive anxiety. Unfortunately, imipramine did not stop delusions or hallucinations, but it did alleviate depressive symptoms in schizophrenic…

Anxiety disorders are one of the most prevalent mental health problems in the UK, with 4.7% of the population experiencing these issues, yet this disorder is still under treated and under diagnosed (Mental Health Statistics: Anxiety, 2014). A household survey of adults in the UK estimated prevalence rates of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) being 2.6% in men and 3.3% of women (McManus et al., 2007). It has also been found that first responders such as police and ambulance personal are more…

Depression, formally known as melancholia, has been around since the seventeenth century. For as long as patients have been diagnosed with depression, it has been a genuine dispute. The nine types of this disease include: major, bipolar, persistent, seasonal, psychotic, postpartum, premenstrual, situational, and atypical depression. Depression is a very common disease that affects several people throughout our world today. Sometimes it is hard to decipher if someone is depressed. The person…

PTSD PTSD can be compared to ghosts for many people. Some think this disorder is fiction, and some think it is non-fiction. This happens to be the case for PTSD. Many are skeptics of this controversial disorder. If PTSD, for many people, is not real, then what are these people experiencing, and what is really wrong them? In my opinion, with many proven facts and research, PTSD is very much real. It is a disease and mental health problem that affects many people today. PTSD, also know as Post…

Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is one of the most common of the anxiety disorders. It is defined as “a marked and persistent fear of social or performance requirements that expose the individual to scrutiny and possible embarrassment. These Individuals go to great lengths to avoid these situations, or they may face the challenge with great effort, wearing a mask of fearlessness” (Mash, 2015).. Social anxiety has two main treatments: psychotherapy, medication, or a combination or both treatments.…

L.A. is a fifty-one year old married female who is physically active and enjoys going on vacation with her husband, Andy. L.A. resides with her spouse in a condominium in New Westminster. L.A. used to work casually at a bus company; however, she was unable to maintain employment as she had to attend the Providence Crosstown Clinic twice a day to receive her opioid treatment. Client denies the use of street heroin apart from her injectable therapy at the clinic since the start of the SALMONE…

The most common mental illness in the United States are anxiety disorders. Anxiety Disorders is a health disorder characterized by feelings of worry, anxiety, or fear that are strong enough to interfere with one’s daily activities. This disorder has affected forty million adults in the U.S. age eighteen and older. Sadly, people who are affected with an anxiety disorder suffer with symptoms like jumpiness, trembling, hyperactivity, dizziness, racing heart, apprehensive expectations and thoughts…